Shatzkin v. Shahmoon

In a special proceeding by petitioner Solomon E. Shahmoon to substitute Julius Zizmor, Esq., as attorney in place of respondent Milton Pollack, Esq., in a pending action by a firm of lawyers (Shatzkin & Cooper) against petitioner, as defendant, to recover some $166,000 as the value of the legal services rendered by such firm to him, the petitioner appeals: (1) from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated April 3, 1961, made on reargument, which adhered to the court’s original decision granting the substitution of attorneys and referring to an Official Referee for hearing and report…