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and board member Tom Garretson, disqualifying the law firm from the case, Ring Plus said. In one e-mail, Garretson told Baker Botts that he possesses “a great deal of information that [he] would like to share… patent strengths, weaknesses, Ring Plus legal strategy, claim defense strategy, etc.,” Ring Plus said. Ring Plus’s motion is “baseless and frivolous,” said Larry Carlson, a lawyer with Baker Botts. After Garretson sent unsolicited e-mails to Baker Botts, the law firm called Ring Plus’s lead counsel Frederic Douglas and confirmed Garretson was not affiliated with the company, Carlson said. Baker Botts also checked with Ring Plus’s trial lawyer, who never replied, Carlson said. After that, the law firm sent two e-mails back to Garretson for scheduling purposes, but it hasn’t called or met with him, Carlson said. Ring Plus filed the original complaint against Cingular in U.S. District Court in Marshall, Texas., on April 14, 2006. AT&T declined comment.