Brady v. Friedlander

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen A. Rakower, J.), entered June 12, 2013, which, to the extent appealed from, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the causes of action for violation of Judiciary Law § 487, legal malpractice, and misrepresentation, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

On or about September 30, 2009, defendant moved in Civil Court, New York County (Samuels, J.), to withdraw as counsel in the underlying nonpayment proceedings (see IGS Realty Co., L.P. v James Catering, Inc., 99 AD3d 528 [1st Dept 2012]). Over plaintiffs’ objection, the court granted the motion.…