Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Hofmann
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 20, 2007PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Decree, Surrogate’s Court, New York County (Eve M. Preminger, S.), entered September 23, 2005, which, inter alia, determined and fixed the fees of Chadbourne & Parke LLP (Chadbourne) at $300,000 plus $59,359.86 disbursements, and directed that Chadbourne return $720,493.20 plus predecision interest of $376,453.09, at the statutory rate of 9%, from June 25, 1996 to April 15, 2002, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The Surrogate, after considering the proper factors (see Mat*367ter of Freeman, 34 NY2d 1, 9-10 [1974]; Matter of Potts, 213 App Div 59 [1925], affd 241 NY 593 [1925]), properly exercised…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- In re Accounting of Lincoln Rochester Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- In re the Estate of PottsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
- Spodek v. Park Property Development AssociatesNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
- Aurecchione v. New York State Division of Human RightsNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
- In re the Estate of HofmannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
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