PilieroMazza successfully appealed a decision of the SBA’s Area Office finding a competitor of PilieroMazza’s client to be a small business.  In its decision, the SBA’s Office of Hearings and Appeals agreed with PilieroMazza’s contention that the competitor’s ongoing bankruptcy did not exempt it from affiliation with other businesses controlled by the bankruptcy trustee.   The Office of Hearings and Appeals further agreed with PilieroMazza that the competitor and three other companies were affiliated by virtue of common management.  As a result of the successful appeal, OHA vacated the SBA’s decision finding the competitor to be an eligible small business.