Legal Opinion

Parker Duryee Rosoff & Haft v. Ehrlich

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 13, 1994Published

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, J.), entered on or about June 30, 1993, which, inter alia, awarded petitioner $150,000 in additional legal fees, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The court properly rejected in part the findings of the Special Referee. The additional attorneys’ fees awarded to petitioner were warranted in light of the considerable work performed by petitioner for the benefit of respondent, who ultimately was awarded an equitable distribution of approximately $2 million (Haskin v Mendler, 184 AD2d 372, 373). Concur—Wallach, J. P., Kupferman,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Haskin v. MendlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

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