SEC Charges Eleven in Stock Manipulation Ring

[jarta]

extelecom, ... "what's your take on why there would be an attorney change at this time"

There are many possibilities why an attorney is changed. Explaining some of them would just demonstrate how unrelated to the original plea agreement they could be.

However, this was not a motion by Amador to withdraw for a stated reason. This was not a statement by Matt that he wanted to or had fired or terminated Amador. This was a motion by the Government to have Amador disqualified.

Since I have no idea why the Government filed the motion to disqualify Amador, I decline to speculate here as to why this unusual motion was filed.

But, here's a couple of articles on disqualifying attorneys. I am not suggesting that they are the same reasons Amador was removed:

http://www.federalcriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/08/articles/miscellaneous/inhouse-counsel-to-the-mob-court-denies-governments-motion-to-disqualify-attorney-joseph-corozzo-jr/

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-01-24-1607819902_x.htm ... eom