Santemma v. Chasco Co.

—In a proceeding pursuant to Judiciary Law § 475 to fix and enforce an attorney’s lien, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Adams, J.), dated March 27, 1998, as amended February 24, 1999, which, after a hearing, awarded the petitioner attorney’s fees of $27,000 and fixed a lien in that amount.

Ordered that the order, as amended, is affirmed, with costs.

The determination as to whether legal fees are reasonable under the circumstances is a matter within the sound discretion of the hearing court (see, Matter of Freeman, 34 NY2d 1, 9-10). After a hearing, the…