Rosado v. Alhati

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Fernando Tapia, J.), entered January 15, 2013, which, in a dispute between plaintiffs’ outgoing and incoming counsel as to the division of a contingency fee earned in a personal injury action, denied the motion of Brand Brand Nomberg & Rosenbaum, LLP (BBNR) for a charging lien, and allocated to it 5% of the subject fee, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court’s apportionment of the contingency fee was a provident exercise of discretion. The court analyzed “the relevant factors including the amount of time spent by the attorneys on the case, the…