Mazur v. Greenberg

In 1968, four years after being admitted to the Bar, plaintiff joined the defendant firm as an associate. In 1973, plaintiff and four others requested to be made partners. Five attorneys, who were originally partners pursuant to a written agreement, allowed them to share in the firm’s annual profits, but did not give them an interest in the firm’s capital account. Nor were these individuals responsible for the firm’s rent or losses. They also did not sign the 1967 partnership agreement, which had been signed by the original five partners, and had no other written agreement. The firm did allow…