Broadwhite Associates v. Truong

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered June 24, 1996, to the extent that it granted defendants’ motion to disqualify attorney Robert D. Goldstein and his law firm* as counsel for plaintiff, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the motion is denied, with costs.

Plaintiff landlord entered into a 5-year commercial lease with defendants in 1993, although the latter now claim that the term was subsequently reduced to one year. When a dispute arose over defendants’ default in payment of rent and a counter-charge of plaintiff’s alleged breach, attorney Goldstein met with…