Law Offices of Michael Lamonsoff v. Segan, Nemerov & Singer, P.C.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Faul G. Feinman, J.), entered November 14, 2008, which, in an action between attorneys involving the division of a contingency fee earned on settlement of the underinsured portion of the client’s claim, confirmed the report of the Special Referee allocating 93% of the fee to plaintiff incoming counsel and 7% to defendant outgoing counsel, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The client was injured while a passenger in a car that was involved in a one-car, out-of-state accident. Outgoing counsel argues that having performed the work necessary to obtain the…