In re the Accounting of Public Administrator of Kings County

*237OPINION OF THE COURT

Diana A. Johnson, S.

In this uncontested accounting proceeding, the Public Administrator of Kings County (Public Administrator) seeks judicial settlement of his account, including the fixing of attorneys’ fees. This account consists solely of the proceeds from the settlement of the cause of action arising from the decedent’s wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering. Based upon the record, the proceeds from the settlement in the sum of $225,000 are allocated to the cause of action for the decedent’s wrongful death.

At issue in this proceeding are the attorneys’ fees.…