Guild

*709 These cases come to us as part of ongoing litigation between The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry (the National Grange) and the Order's 1 relatively recent charter the California State Grange (the California Grange) (collectively respondents) against the Order's former California charter, now known as the California Guild (the Guild), which operated the California Grange Foundation (the Foundation) when the Guild's charter was previously active. 2 At issue here is the disqualification of the law firm representing the Guild and the Foundation -- Ellis Law Group -- following its hiring of an attorney who previously worked for Porter Scott, the law firm representing the National Grange. The trial court granted respondents' motions to disqualify Ellis Law Group in litigation initiated in 2012 while the court's prior order granting summary judgment in favor of the National Grange was pending on appeal in this court. 3 In litigation initiated in 2016 by only the California Grange against the Foundation, the trial court granted the California Grange's motion to disqualify *710 Ellis Law Group as well. We affirm these orders.

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