[brief] ## Cases  **Alam v. Ameribuilt Contractors,** 474 N.J. Super. 30 (App. Div. 2022) ........................................... 18, 20  **Alexander v. Primerica Holdings, Inc.,** 822 F. Supp. 1099 (D.N.J. 1993) ..............................................  9  **Carlyle Towers Condominium Ass’n, Inc. v. Crossland Sav.,** 944 F. Supp. 341 (D.N.J. 1996) ............................................... 9, 10  **Cavallaro v. Jamco Prop. Mgmt.,** 334 N.J. Super. 557 (App. Div. 2000) .......................................  9  **Colon v. World Mission Soc’y,** 2023 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1420* (App. Div., August 17, 2023) .................................................. 20  **Comando v. Nugiel,** 436 N.J. Super. 203, 213 (App. Div. 2014) .................................. 8, 11  **Dewey v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,** 109 N.J. 201, 218 (1988) .......................................................... 8, 9, 10  **Essex County Jail Annex  Inmates v. Treffinger,**  18 F.Supp.2d 418 (D.N.J. 1998) ..................................................  9  **Gould, Inc. v. Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co.,** 738 F. Supp. 1121 (N.D. Ohio 1990) ..........................................  10  **In re Opinion No. 17-2012 of Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics,** 220 N.J. 468 (2014) ................................................................. 12, 23  **In re Opinion No. 682 of the Advisory Comm. On Prof’l Ethics,**  147 N.J. 360 (1997) .................................................................  12  In re Petition for Review of Opinion 552 of Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, 102 N.J. 194 (1986) .................................................. 12, 13  J.G. Ries & Sons, Inc. v. Spectraserv, Inc., 384 N.J. Super. 216 (App. Div. 2006) ..................................  11  Manoir-Electroalloys Corp. v. Ammalloy Corp., 711 F. Supp. 188 (D.N.J. 1989) ...........................................  11  McDaniel v.  Man Wai Lee, 419 N.J. Super. 482 (App. Div. 2011) .................................. 11 Reardon v. Marlayne, Inc., 83 N.J. 460 (1980) .......................................................... 9 Rohm & Haas Co. v. Am. Cyanamid Co., 187 F.Supp.2d 221 (D.N.J. 2001) ......................................... 9 State v. Davis, 366 N.J. Super. 30 (App. Div. 2004) .................................. 10 State ex rel. S.G., 175 N.J. 132 (2003) ....................................................... 11 Twenty-First Century Rail Corp. v. N.J. Transit Corp., 419 N.J. Super. 343 (App. Div.), certif. granted, 206 N.J. 37 (2011) ........................................ 9 Twenty-First Century Rail Corp. v. N.J. Transit Corp., 210 N.J. 264 (2012) ....................................................... 13 Statutes N.J.S.A. 34:15-20 .......................................................... 18 Rules Rule of Professional Conduct 1.7 ........................................ passim PRELIMINARY STATEMENT The trial court erred in disqualifying the law firm of [...] (“[...]”) from its representation of Defendants, [...], [...], and [...], pursuant to Rule of Professional Conduct (“RPC”) 1.7 because there is no direct, concurrent conflict of interest between the parties.