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ROBERT EDELSON, respondent, v. POUGHKEEPSIE IRON METAL CO., INC., appellant.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

"Under DR 5-108(A)(1), a party seeking disqualification of its adversary's lawyer must prove: (1) the existence of a prior attorney-client relationship between the moving party and opposing counsel, (2) that the matters involved in both representations are substantially related, and (3) that the interests of the present client and former client are materially adverse" ( Tekni-Plex, Inc. v. Meyner Landis, 89 N.Y.2d 123, 131; Solow v. Grace Co., 83 N.Y.2d 303, 308). Satisfaction of all three criteria by the moving party gives rise to an irrebuttable presumption of disqualification ( Solow v. Grace Co., supra, at 309).

In this case, the defendant failed to establish that the matters involved in both representations are substantially related and that the interests of the present client and former client are materially adverse. Therefore, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendant's motion to disqualify Lewis Greer, P.C., as counsel for the plaintiff.

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EDELSON v. POUGHKEEPSIE IRON METAL CO
(Jun 14, 1999)