Order | Filed: July 09, 2026
| Entered: July 09, 2026
Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company v. Subin Associates, LLP et al
Racketeer/Corrupt Organization | New York Eastern
Scheduling Order
ORDER. A status conference is set for 8/6/2026 at 2:00 PM before Chief Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon via ZoomGov. To gain access to the ZoomGov audio conferencing system, the parties are to dial 1-646-828-7666; enter meeting ID 16121901090 and press the pound key; when asked for a participant ID, press the pound key; and enter passcode 091622 and press the pound key.
The Court is in receipt of two motions to disqualify Plaintiff's counsel in two separate but similar cases, Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 24cv6111, and Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company, 26cv470. Defendants Citimed Complete Care, P.C. and Regina Moshe, M.D. in the Union Mutual case, and Defendant Cerchione Hurowitz Law Group LLP (CHLG) in the Greater New York Mutual case, move to disqualify The Willis Law Group PLLC (TWLG) as Plaintiff's counsel in each action based on the former employment for eight days of Attorney Alex D. Corey, who had been previously employed by O'Hagan Meyer, counsel for the listed Defendants. See ECF Nos. 62 , 63 (Union Mutual case); 260 , 265 (Greater NY Mutual case). In opposition to these two motions, in each case, Plaintiff's counsel opposing the motion filed more than two dozen declarations confirming that Attorney Corey was not involved in the TWLG work on the case. ECF Nos. 63 attachments (Union Mutual case); 265 attachments (Greater NY Mutual). Given the unusual subject matter of these motions, the Court orders the moving Defendants' counsel to file a reply that includes factual support for the allegations made in the motion and that responds to the factual record and legal analysis provided by Plaintiff's counsel. In particular, Defendants' counsel must respond to the factual record supporting the evidence that Mr. Corey did not represent or perform any work for Plaintiff in this case during his tenure at TWLG, that TWLG employed prompt and effective screening procedures to prevent the disclosure of any confidential information, and that confidential information was not disclosed by Mr. Corey to any TWLG employee. They must also respond to Plaintiff's counsels' position that the moving Defendants were aware of Mr. Corey's anticipated change of employment by May 18th, and that they were sent a screening notice on May 29th, but that they did not act to raise the issue of the alleged conflict with Mr. Corey or with Plaintiff's counsel as a ground for possible disqualification. Defendants' reply in both actions must be filed on or before 7/28/2026.
In addition, on or before 7/30/2026, Plaintiff's counsel and moving Defendants' counsel must make a brief letter submission as to whether they believe that Mr. Corey should testify in connection with this motion, and if so what the scope of that testimony should be and how it should be elicited. As noted in the Court's docket, Mr. Corey's motion to withdraw as Defendants' counsel in the Greater New York Mutual case has been granted. ECF Order 6/30/2026. Mr. Corey never filed a notice of appearance in the Union Mutual case.
Counsel are encouraged to discuss the motions to determine if they can cooperatively clarify the record and voluntarily resolve the motions.
In the Greater New York Mutual case, counsel for other Defendants not involved in the motion to disqualify need not submit any briefing or participate in the conference unless they wish to be heard on this motion.
The Court will mail a copy of this Order to Mr. Corey at the address on the motion to withdraw, ECF No. 258 (Greater New York Mutual): Alex D. Corey, Esq., 4747 Sheldon Street, Philadelphia, PA 19127. Ordered by Chief Mag. Judge Vera M. Scanlon on 7/9/2026. (SH)