Engel v. Cook

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Eugene L. Nardelli, J.), entered February 3, 1993, after a non-jury trial, in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $35,819.28, plus interest from May 17, 1990, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

*89Plaintiff, a licensed New York attorney, commenced the underlying action seeking to recover legal fees, based upon an oral contingent fee agreement, an account stated and quantum meruit, for professional services allegedly rendered on behalf of the defendant in connection with claims arising from defendant’s substantial investment loss in a failed real…