Decolator, Cohen & DiPrisco, LLP v. Lysaght, Lysaght & Kramer, P.C.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
In this proceeding, petitioner, a successor law firm (the incoming attorneys) consisting of former associates of a firm (the outgoing attorneys) whose principals have been disbarred, seeks, inter alia, to apportion the contingent legal fee earned in a settled personal injury action in a manner that would limit the outgoing attorneys’ compensation for services rendered prior to the disbarment to an amount calculated on an hourly rate, rather than a percentage of the fee. Although petitioner has framed the issue in terms of ethical considerations, what is before…
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