Goldman v. Goldman

In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by a judgment dated November 3, 2003, the plaintiff appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Zimmerman, J.), dated March 26, 2009, as denied her cross motion to disqualify the law firm of Steven Siegel, EC., from representing the defendant in a post-judgment action to modify the judgment.

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the cross motion is granted.

A party’s right to be represented by an attorney of his or her own choice is “a…