In re the Arbitration between Thornton & Naumes, LLP & Athari Law Office

Crew III, J.P.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (McNamara, J.), entered June 8, 2006 in Albany County, which, inter alia, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75, denied respondents’ motion to quash subpoenas.

In August 2002, respondent Mohammed J. Athari and respondent Athari Law Office (hereinafter ALO) entered into a fee sharing agreement with petitioner Thornton & Naumes, LLP (hereinafter Thornton) with respect to lead paint and/or lead poisoning personal injury cases. Insofar as is relevant to the instant appeal, the agreement provided that in the event a dispute arose as to…