Free Other Notice - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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Walter B. Nash, III Nash & Kirshner PC 110 S. Church, Suite 4297 Tucson, Arizona 85702 (520) 792-1613

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. 1. Lear Jet, Model 31A, Serial Number 31A244, U.S. Registration Number N224LJ, Defendant. Walter Nash, Counsel for Goldstein, Goldstein and Hilley ("GG&H") and on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers ("NACDL"), respectfully gives notice of a potential Motion to Intervene in this matter in the event the government formally raises a conflict of interest issue. The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers ("NACDL") is a non-profit corporation with more than 11,200 members nationwide and 30,000 affiliate members in fifty states, including private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, and law professors. The NACDL seeks to promote the proper administration of justice and to ensure that the rights to due process and effective counsel, of one's choosing, be preserved in all litigation. The NACDL Lawyers Assistance Strike Force is a Committee of NACDL attorney members who come to the assistance of lawyers who are threatened for providing proper NO. CIV-04-363-PHX-JWS NOTICE OF POTENTIAL INTERVENTION

Case 2:04-cv-00363-JWS

Document 164

Filed 04/20/2006

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legal representation to a client including the threat of disqualification from representation. Counsel undersigned has reviewed certain pleadings filed in conjunction with this matter. A generalized claim is raised that the government believes that there may be a conflict of interest in this matter. If the government truly believes that a conflict of interest exists based upon proper evidence, it has a duty to come forward and to raise it with the Court. If the government does not believe that there are proper facts supporting such a claim, these types of issues should not be raised even indirectly because of the potentially harmful effect they have on an attorney/client relationship. They are also wasteful of the Court's time. If the government squarely raises a conflict of interest issue, counsel undersigned will respectfully seek leave of this Court to intervene on behalf of the law firm and the NACDL in that matter. Respectfully submitted, Walter B. Nash III Nash & Kirshner PC 110 S. Church Suite 4297 Tucson, Arizona 85702 520-792-1613 BY: /s/ Walter B. Nash III

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on April 20, 2006, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: Gerald H. Goldstein Cynthia E. Orr Goldstein, Goldstein & Hilley 310 South St. Mary's Street, 29th Floor San Antonio, TX 78205 [email protected] [email protected] Allen B. Bickart 6508 North 10th Place Phoenix, Arizona 85014 [email protected] Douglas F. Behm Jennings Strouss & Salmon P.L.C. Collier Center 201 East Washington Street, Suite 1100 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2385 [email protected] Lawson Pedigo Miller, Keffer & Pedigo 8401 North Central Expressway, Suite 630 Dallas, Texas 75225 [email protected] Natman Schaye Chandler & Udall, LLP 33 North Stone Avenue, Suite 2100 Tucson, Arizona 85701-1415 [email protected] Reid Pixler United States Attorney's Office 2 Renaissance Square 40 North Central, Suite 1200 [email protected] I further certify that on April 20, 2006, I transmitted the attached document via U.S.

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participants of CM/ECF: Jennifer Collins Mark Hopson Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood 1501 "K" Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Geoffrey Young Ruden McClosky 150 2nd Avenue, Suite 1700 St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 Marc S. Nurik Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A. 200 East Broward Boulevard, Suite 1500 Post Office Box 1900 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33302 Leonard J. McDonald, Jr. Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. 2525 East Camelback Road Phoenix, Arizona 856015-4237

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By: /s/ Walter B. Nash III

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