Trataros Construction, Inc. v. Rieck

—Order, Supreme Court, *105New York County (Louise Gruner Gans, J.), entered on or about September 23, 1998, which, in a proceeding for the recovery of the allegedly unearned portion of a retainer for legal services, inter alia, referred the issue of the value of respondent’s legal fees to a Special Referee to hear and report with recommendations, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The IAS Court properly submitted the parties’ fee dispute to a Special Referee in light of respondent attorney’s claim that he “fully earned” a $150,000 fee while retained as petitioner’s defense counsel for…