ABSTRACT: The Motion Hearing regarding the City’s motion to disqualify attorney Michael Stamp from representing Human Resources Manager Jane Miller in her lawsuit against the City for sex-based and age-based discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation is scheduled for Friday, October 23, 2009 at 8:45 A.M. at the Salinas Courthouse. HIGHLIGHTS OF ATTORNEY MICHAEL STAMP’S 8 OCTOBER 2009 RESPONSE TO CITY’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY ATTORNEY MICHAEL STAMP AS PLAINTIFF JANE MILLER’S ATTORNEY as presented in the article, Scandal-by-the-Sea, MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY, is provided. An ADDENDUM provides a link to the complete article.
INFORMATION ON MOTION HEARING:
MOTION HEARING: City’s Motion to Disqualify Attorney Michael Stamp as Plaintiff Jane Miller’s attorney
DATE & TIME: Friday, October 23, 2009 @ 8:45 A.M.
JUDGE: Hon. Larry E. Hayes
COURTHOUSE INFORMATION: Salinas Courthouse,
240 Church St., Salinas, CA 93901, (831) 775-5400
Department 4, East Wing - 2nd Floor
HIGHLIGHTS OF ATTORNEY MICHAEL STAMP’S 8 OCTOBER 2009 RESPONSE TO CITY’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY ATTORNEY MICHAEL STAMP AS PLAINTIFF JANE MILLER’S ATTORNEY (Credit: MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY, see ADDENDUM)
• On “ethical conflict of interest:” “The city’s meager showing – an interested person’s unqualified conclusions about what unidentified documents ‘reflect’ – falls far short of the...direct evidence required by law.”
• Prior to the City’s Motion to disqualify Michael Stamp as Jane Miller’s attorney, Stamp had “been working on the Miller case for 16 months, and represented numerous other city employees for seven years.”
Timeline of Events:
• May 20, 2008: Letter from Stamp to the City Council “outlining Jane Miller’s complaint.”
• August 2008: Attorney Karen Kramer “advised Stamp Liebert Cassidy Whitmore (LCW) had retained her to investigate Miller’s claims.”
• October 17, 2008: Letter from Attorney Stamp to the City Council “alleging the city didn’t appropriately respond to Miller’s complaint.”
• October 23, 2008: Letter from Human Resources Manager Jane Miller to the City Council, “describing Guillen’s alleged inappropriate behavior toward his female subordinates.”
• Communications between Stamp, Karen Kramer (attorney hired by Liebert Cassidy Whitmore (LCW) to investigate Miller’s allegations) and LCW “regarding the city’s investigation into Miller’s complaint.”
• January 12, 2009: Letter from Stamp to Liebert Cassidy Whitmore (LCW) attorney Rick Bolanos, “alleging Burch had violated protocol by directly contacting Miller and making retaliatory demands on the city’s behalf.”
• June 17, 2009: Human Resources Manager Jane Miller files Complaint against the City in Monterey County Superior Court (M99513) alleging sex-based and age-based discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation in the workplace.
• July 17, 2009: City denies all allegations in response.
• September 2009: City files Motion to disqualify Stamp as the attorney representing Human Resources Manager Jane Miller in her lawsuit.
ADDENDUM:
MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY, Scandal-by-the-Sea, Carmel harassment suit heats up amid legal scuffles, Kera Abraham, OCTOBER 15, 2009
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