Silverman & Weinraub v. Gillon

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered August 29, 2002, which, in this action seeking the recovery of legal fees, denied defendant’s motion to vacate a judgment entered against him on default, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendant has supplied no documentary evidence to support his claim that plaintiff gave him a written estimate of the cost of legal services that was substantially less than the amount for which plaintiff recovered judgment (cf. Herrick Feinstein, LLP v Stamm, 297 AD2d 477 [2002]). Therefore, defendant has failed to make the necessary…