Vance v. Northern Electric Co.

—Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in its apportionment of the legal fees awarded to respondent, Dixon & Hamilton, L. L. P. (Dixon), the firm substituted for petitioner, DeMarie & Schoenborn, P. C. (DeMarie), as *852counsel for plaintiff. The partners of Dixon were formerly employed as associates by DeMarie. DeMarie and its former employees entered into an agreement providing that an associate who brought a client to the firm would receive 60% of the fee charged to that client and the firm…