Micheli v. E.J. Builders, Inc.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Ceresia, Jr., J.), entered July 8, 1996 in Rensselaer County, which granted plaintiffs motion to disqualify defendants’ counsel.

Plaintiff and defendants Elio Micheli and Joseph Micheli are brothers who hold interests in several family-owned corporations, partnerships and businesses (hereinafter the Micheli entities). The principal Micheli entity is Micheli Contracting Corporation, which is engaged in the business of real property site development.

In 1988, Salvatore Clemente obtained approvals to construct townhouses on a subdivision known as…