Spano v. Tawfik

—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Minardo, J.), entered February 23, 1999, which denied their motion to disqualify the firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, L. L. P., from representing the plaintiffs.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendants moved to disqualify the plaintiffs’ counsel, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, L. L. P. (hereinafter H H & R) on the ground that it previously represented the defendant Samer Tawfik. Generally, an attorney will be disqualified where the party…