Haymes v. Haymes

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Fern Fisher-Brandveen, J.), entered December 11, 1996, which, insofar as appealed from, denied that part of appellant counsel’s motion to withdraw from representing plaintiff that concerns the remainder of her fee proceeding, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court appropriately exercised its discretion in directing appellant to represent plaintiff only for the remainder of the fee proceeding (see, Haskell v Haskell, 185 AD2d 333). The record fails to support appellant’s claim that there was a breakdown in the attorney-client relationship…