ALBANY – An appellate panel in Albany yesterday delved into the sticky arena of imputed disqualification and held that an upstate law firm should have been barred from defending a client when one of the partners represented an adversary in a related matter.
Presiding Justice Anthony V. Cardona said in R.M. Buck Construction v. Sherburne, 90798, that a Syracuse law firm failed to overcome a presumption of imputed disqualification and neglected to “erect adequate screening measures” to ensure that its representation would not be compromised.
