Murphy v. Colbert

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Monserrate, J.), entered March 23, 1992 in *620Tompkins County, which granted defendants’ motion to disqualify plaintiff’s counsel.

These actions, alleging, inter alia, wrongful eviction, conversion and false arrest, were commenced by plaintiff in 1981 and 1983. In 1983, plaintiff retained Robert Clune of the law firm of Williamson, Clune & Stevens (hereinafter the firm) as his attorney of record. In October 1990, defendants’ counsel became aware that Clune’s law partner, Robert Williamson, had a partnership interest in defendant Delta Apartments Company…