Sullivan & Worcester LLP v. Takieddine

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.H.O.), entered October 5, 2009, which, in an action for unpaid attorneys’ fees, denied petitioner law firm’s application to attach in aid of arbitration respondent former client’s interest in the action that petitioner had first been retained to represent respondent wherein respondent sought, inter alia, the return of a down payment on an airplane, but enjoined respondent from assigning his interest in that action, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The denial of an attachment was a provident exercise of the court’s discretion, as there…