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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Neeley, in this original proceeding, denies the relator and ex-husband’s request for a writ of mandamus to vacate an order disqualifying his attorney upon the ex-wife and real party in interest’s motion to disqualify. The attorney was retained by the then still-married couple to represent them in a suit involving the husband’s termination as chief operating officer of a grocery store holdings company. During the pendency of this suit, the couple divorced, and the wife intervened in the suit as having a community property interest. The attorney adversely cross-examined the wife upon deposition. As the wife’s former counsel, the attorney is privy to confidential information, giving rise to potential prejudice. The husband fails to demonstrate entitlement to mandamus relief. Affirmed.