Benjamin v. Material Damage Adjustment Corp.

—Mercure, J. P.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Monserrate, J.), entered January 27, 2000 in Broome County, which, inter alia, dismissed petitioner’s application pursuant to Judiciary Law § 475 for counsel fees.

Petitioner is an attorney at law and is the principal of the Law Offices of Ronald R. Benjamin.* In November 1997, Sharon Schriver and Richard Schriver retained petitioner to represent them in connection with a personal injury action against Scott Correll. Respondent Wayne M. Chariff, who was then employed by petitioner as an associate, was assigned primary responsibility for…