Jaspan Schlesinger Hoffman, LLP v. Bernstein

In an action to recover an attorney’s fee, the defendant Jeffrey Bernstein appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Bucaria, J.), entered January 11, 2005, as denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against him.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The appellant’s submissions failed to demonstrate the absence of triable issues of fact as to whether he was the client of the plaintiff law firm, who sought and agreed to pay for its services, whether the firm undertook to perform the…