Easton & Echtman, P.C. v. Aurnou

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis B. York, J.), entered on or about November 21, 2005, which, after a nonjury trial, denied defendant Peretz Amir’s counterclaim for a share of legal fees acquired by plaintiff law firm in an underlying action, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and judgment awarded to said defendant in the amount of $960,000 plus 9% interest from February 4, 1998. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly.

This declaratory judgment action was commenced by plaintiff law firm, headed by Irwin Echtman, to set the division of a $2.88 million legal…