A former chief executive of a large electrical contractor seeking more than $12 million from him in arbitration has failed in making his case to disqualify two arbitration attorneys for the contractor, an Appellate Division, First Department, counsel has ruled.

The decision examines the claim by Gary Segal, once the president and CEO of Five Star Electric Corp., that the two lawyers obtained confidential information while they represented him and directed his representation years earlier when the company was being investigated by the government in connection with a program requiring contractors to subcontract some public-work projects to “disadvantaged business” construction firms and/or firms that are majority owned by a woman or a minority, according to court records.

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