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 October 11, 2006 in Albany County, which, inter alia, denied respondents’ cross application pursuant to CPLR 7511 to vacate an arbitration award.

*1134The facts of this case are more fully set forth in our three prior decisions in this matter (see 36 AD3d 1119 [2007]; 36 AD3d 1057 [2007]; 35 AD3d 999 [2006]). To briefly recapitulate, in August 2002, respondent Mohammed J. Athari and respondent Athari Law Office entered into a fee sharing agreement with petitioner Thornton & Naumes, LLP with respect to lead paint and…