Advent Associates v. Vogt Family Investment Partners

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Flatkin, J.), entered June 11, 2008 in Albany County, which, among other things, granted plaintiff’s motion to disqualify defendants’ counsel.

Riño Crisafulli is the sole member of plaintiff. He alleges that *1024he entered into a broker agreement with defendant George Vogt III, acting on behalf of the other named defendants, which authorized Crisafulli to act as broker for the sale of certain real property owned by defendants. Crisafulli further alleges that the agreement was reduced to writing and signed by himself and Vogt. Defendants deny the existence…