State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Elias

—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to vacate an arbitration award, in which a hearing was held to determine fair and reasonable attorneys’ fees, Doris Elias appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (O’Brien, J.), entered November 10, 1993, which, inter alia, awarded her former law firm fees in the sum of $21,797.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

Doris Elias retained the law firm of Seavey, Fingerit, Vogel, Oziel and Skoller (hereinafter Seavey Fingerit) to represent her at an arbitration concerning an underinsured motorist claim. Pursuant to a…