Djeddah v. Starr

—Judgment (denominated an order), Supreme Court, New York County (Marjory Fields, J.), entered on or about May 17, 2002, which, inter alia, granted respondent attorney’s motion to confirm an award made by the Matrimonial Fee Dispute Arbitration Unit, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The client’s arguments premised upon her claims of malpractice are barred by the prior unappealed order recognizing the attorney’s charging lien and referring the matter for an assessment (see Smira v Roper, Barandes & Fertel, 302 AD2d 305 [2003]; Linden v Moskowitz, 294 AD2d 114, 115-116 [2002]). In any event,…