In re the Estate of Szkambara
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a proceeding pursuant to SCEA 2110 to fix an attorney’s fee, Anna Bidiak appeals from so much of an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County (Nahman, S.j, dated May 3, 2007, as confirmed so much of a referee’s report as recommended that the fee for her attorney be fixed in the principal sum of $150,737.50.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Surrogate bears the ultimate responsibility for deciding what constitutes a reasonable attorney’s fee (see Matter of Piterniak, 38 AD3d 780, 781 [2007]; Matter of Pekofsky v Estate of Cohen, 259 AD2d 702 [1999]; Matter of Stern, 227…
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