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that Mr. McCarthy advise this Court that he had signed the
stipulation of settled issues without authorization. Mr. Wolfe
further advised Mr. McCarthy that he would refrain from filing a
disciplinary complaint against Mr. McCarthy if Mr. McCarthy
agreed to inform the Court that the stipulation lacked
authorization. In a written reply, Mr. McCarthy refused, noting
that to do so would be a fraud on the Court. In response,
petitioners terminated Mr. McCarthy’s services.
On March 25, 2003, Mr. McCarthy filed a motion to withdraw
as petitioners’ counsel. On April 11, 2003, respondent filed a
response opposing Mr. McCarthy’s motion, raising the possibility
that he might move to enforce the settlement the parties had
reached. We granted Mr. McCarthy’s motion to withdraw on April
18, 2003.
Sometime during the spring of 2003, Mrs. Wolfe decided that
she did not wish to participate in Messrs. Wolfe’s and Mansour’s
efforts to repudiate the settlement. As described below, a
struggle for control of these cases and of WFO ensued, in which
Mr. Mansour submitted documents to this Court on behalf of WFO,
as its purported representative, and Mr. Wolfe submitted
documents on behalf of Mrs. Wolfe, individually, under a
purported power of attorney, all of which she subsequently
disavowed.
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