Reisman v. Giamboi, Reiss & Squitieri

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alan Saks, J.), entered November 30, 1994, which granted petitioner’s motion to confirm the recommendation of the Special Referee and awarded petitioner $75,000 as its lien for attorney’s fees, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

By electing to have its fee determined at the conclusion of litigation, petitioner opted to have the fee measured by a percentage of the recovery (Matter of Cohen v Grainger, Tesoriero & Bell, 81 NY2d 655). Given the amount of the recovery and the relative contributions of each firm (supra, at 659), on this record, it was proper…