Virginia Circuit Court June 24, 2002, Case No. HS-456 (Niou v. Austin)

By Judge T. J. Markow

This case comes before the Court on a verified Bill of Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief seeking to have defendant Austin disqualified from and enjoining his continued representation of defendants Dan and Laurie Hardin in the matter of Hardin v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter et al., a pending arbitration with the National Association of Securities Dealers.