Legal Opinion
General Realty Assocs. v. Walters
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided September 17, 1987PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1028OPINION OF THE COURT
Paul L. Klein, J.
Tenant Walters has moved orally during this postjudgment hearing for a gag order to bar her former attorney from testifying in response to a subpoena served by petitioner’s attorney. At issue is a lawyer’s duty under the Code of Professional Responsibility to preserve the confidences of a client.1
Petitioner’s attorney seeks to establish through the mouth of his former adversary that the latter informed Ms. Walters, his then client, that judgment had been entered against her in this nonpayment summary proceeding. The stakes are high: issuance of the warrant…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re GreeneNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
3Cited by4 opinions
- Nesenoff v. Dinerstein & Lesser, P.C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- 1050 Tenants Corp. v. LapidusNew York Supreme Court · 2006
- Hon v. ReganUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · 2023
- Hélie v. McDermottNew York Supreme Court · 2007