Walker

Filed 9/28/16; pub. order 10/28/16 (see end of opn.)

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

STACEY WALKER et al., D069713

Plaintiffs and Appellants,

v. (Super. Ct. No. 37-2015-00012943-

CU-OE-CTL

APPLE, INC.,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Ronald L.

Styn, Judge. Affirmed.

Law Offices of Martin N. Buchanan and Martin N. Buchanan for Plaintiffs and

Appellants.

Carothers Disante & Freudenberger, Timothy M. Freudenberger, Kent J. Sprinkle,

Steven A. Micheli and Teresa W. Ghali for Defendant and Respondent. Stacey Walker and Tyler Walker (together, the Walkers),1 the plaintiffs in this

putative class action against their former employer, Apple, Inc. (Apple), appeal the trial

court's order disqualifying their counsel, Hogue & Belong (the Firm). The trial court

found automatic disqualification was required on the basis the Firm had a conflict of

interest arising from its concurrent representation of the putative class in this case and the

certified class in another wage-and-hour class action…