Thaler v. Jacoby & Meyers Law Offices

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis York, J.), entered December 6, 2001, which granted petitioner’s application to disqualify attorneys, who have appeared against him in an arbitration proceeding, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

*231Petitioner, an attorney, commenced an arbitration to recover unpaid compensation allegedly owed by his former employers, respondents Jacoby & Meyers and several of its members. In the arbitration, respondents were represented by attorneys who concurrently represent petitioner and Jacoby & Meyers in their common defense of a pending legal malpractice action.…