Parker Duryee Rosoff & Haft v. Ariss

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lorraine Miller, J.), entered June 27, 1997, which, in an action by plaintiff law firm to recover legal fees for services rendered to defendant client in an arbitration, granted plaintiffs motion for summary judgment to the extent of dismissing defendant’s counterclaims and affirmative defenses alleging legal malpractice and breach of contract, and held the motion in abeyance insofar as addressed to plaintiffs cause of action for account stated pending a hearing and report by a Special Referee on the value of the legal services rendered, unanimously…