Legal Opinion
Kiernan v. Kiernan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 8, 1996PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion granted and matter remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying the motion of Ange & Gordon to withdraw as counsel for plaintiff in this matrimonial action. While nonpayment of counsel fees alone will not entitle an attorney to withdraw *868from representation (see, George v George, 217 AD2d 913), the record demonstrates that the questioning by plaintiff of her attorneys’ competence, strategy and ethics has rendered it…
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