Landye Bennett Blumstein, LLP v. Mutnick

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff Landye Bennnett Blumstein (LBB), a law partnership, in an action against its former partner, defendant Jeffrey S. Mutnick, PC (Mutnick PC) and Mutnick PC’s principal, Jeffrey Mutnick.1 The dispute arose in the context of Mutnick PC’s withdrawal from the firm and the parties’ inability to agree on the compensation owed to Mutnick PC upon its withdrawal and a division of attorney fees and costs on Mutnick PC’s cases. LBB sought a declaration that, under the parties’ partnership agreement, Mutnick PC’s cases completed or in progress on the date of…