Proskauer Rose LLP v. Koeppel

Orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Nicholas Figueroa, *175J.), entered April 8, 2003 and April 10, 2003, respectively, which, to the extent appealed from, denied appellants’ motion to dismiss the complaint to recover legal fees and their motion to dismiss the proceeding to enforce a charging lien under Judiciary Law § 475, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The law firm was properly held to have stated a cause of action for the legal fees incurred, pursuant to appellants’ instructions, after the death of appellants’ joint obligor on the retainer agreement (General Obligations Law § 15-106; see…