A lawyer’s past representation of a manufacturing company in litigation is not grounds to disqualify him from representing a former member of the board of directors who is being sued by the company, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.

The attorney, Paul Bucco, was disqualified for representing Vincent Tomei, a director of H&H Manufacturing Co., in a suit by the company, based on his prior representation of both H&H and Tomei in a related case.