Storm would not be conflicted ... necessarily. The Bar Association rules on conflict are not that restrictive, being drafted by the attorney's for attorney's rule 1.7 is pretty generous leaving most decisions about whether something is a conflict to the lawyer himself.
Since Storm did not work directly on the State case is is doubtful he was conflicted.
He is not licensed to practice in California from what I can tell. Here is a list of the licenses I could find:
Admitted in 1990, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
1996, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
2003, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
2006, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
What all that means is that he only appears to have passed the bar in Texas. He has not other state licenses that I can see.
