Legal Opinion
Callan & Byrnes, LLP v. Bernstein Law Firm
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 5, 2008PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
In a proceeding to determine and enforce an attorney’s lien pursuant to Judiciary Law § 475, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Johnson, J.), dated *460November 14, 2006, which, after a hearing, in effect, denied the petition.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the petition is granted, and the petitioner is awarded 40% of the attorney’s fee collected by the respondents in connection with the settlement of an action entitled Vazquez v Rosa, commenced in the Supreme Court, Kings County, under index No. 12089/01.
Following the settlement…
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