Legal Opinion
Weiss v. Spitzer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 11, 2007PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action pursuant to RPAPL article 15 to compel the determination of claims to real property, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jacobson, J.), dated September 25, 2006, which granted the motion of their attorney, inter alia, for leave to withdraw as counsel.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
An attorney may be permitted to withdraw from employment where a client refuses to pay reasonable legal fees (see Winters v Winters, 25 AD3d 601, 602 [2006]; Kay v Kay, 245 AD2d 549, 550 [1997]; Stephen Eldridge Realty Corp. v Green, 174 AD2d 564, 565…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Galvano v. GalvanoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Stephen Eldridge Realty Corp. v. GreenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Kay v. KayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Winters v. WintersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
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