Legal Opinion
Queller, Fisher, Washor, Fuchs & Kool, LLP v. Law Offices of Lawrence P. Biondi
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 24, 2012PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a proceeding to allocate an attorney’s fee pursuant to Judiciary Law § 475, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Strauss, J.), dated February 8, 2011, which, in effect, granted its petition only to the extent of directing that it recover an attorney’s fee for its work in an action entitled DeOliveira v State of New York on a quantum meruit basis.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly concluded that the petitioner law firm does not have a charging lien entitling it to a percentage of the contingent attorney’s fee…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cohen v. Grainger, Tesoriero & BellNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- Chadbourne & Parke, LLP v. AB Recur FinansAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Rothfeder v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
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