A federal court refused to disqualify William Pietragallo from representing a defendant in a case in which he had previously contemplated representing the plaintiff.

Caldon Company Limited Partnership, the plaintiff in DOCA v. Westinghouse Electric, met with Pietragallo and his law partner, Alan Towner, in September 2004 to discuss the firm’s possible representation of Caldon in a suit against Westinghouse and Advanced Measurement & Analysis Group Inc.