{"id":3213,"date":"2026-06-14T11:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=3213"},"modified":"2026-05-27T16:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:11:15","slug":"texas-appeals-court-addresses-conflict-of-interest-lawsuit-against-divorce-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-addresses-conflict-of-interest-lawsuit-against-divorce-attorney\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Addresses Conflict-of-Interest Lawsuit Against Divorce Attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas courts continue to apply strict standards to attorney conflicts of interest in family law disputes, particularly where an attorney previously represented one spouse, or both spouses, in prior legal matters. A <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/texas\/third-court-of-appeals\/2026\/03-22-00378-cv.html\">recent opinion<\/a> from the Third Court of Appeals in Austin highlights how allegations involving prior representation, confidential information, and nondisclosure may support disqualifications in divorce proceedings. <em>Jason Murray Davis and Davis &amp; Santos, P.C. v. Graham Weston<\/em>, No. 03-22-00378-CV (Tex. App.\u2014Austin Apr. 30, 2026, no pet.).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Background <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The underlying dispute arose from divorce proceedings between Graham Weston and Elizabeth Weston. The attorney at issue had previously represented Graham Weston and related business entities over a period of years in matters tied to the family&#8217;s financial and corporate interests. The latter representation of Elizabeth Weston in divorce litigation against Graham formed the basis of the conflict allegations. (Graham had previously filed for divorce, then nonsuited the petition and was <em>not <\/em>represented by Davis during that initial divorce filing.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-addresses-conflict-of-interest-lawsuit-against-divorce-attorney\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Texas Appeals Court Addresses Conflict-of-Interest Lawsuit Against Divorce Attorney\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas courts continue to apply strict standards to attorney conflicts of interest in family law disputes, particularly where an attorney previously represented one spouse, or both spouses, in prior legal matters. A recent opinion from the Third Court of Appeals in Austin highlights how allegations involving prior representation, confidential information, and nondisclosure may support disqualifications [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas Appeals Court Addresses Conflict-of-Interest Lawsuit Against Divorce Attorney &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; June 14, 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Texas courts continue to apply strict standards to attorney conflicts of interest in family law disputes, particularly where an attorney previously &#8212; 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