Mainetti & Mainetti v. Brier

Crew III, J. P.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Vogt, J.), entered November 12, 1999 in Ulster County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff.

*773The underlying facts are more fully set forth in this Court’s prior decision in this matter (243 AD2d 870). Briefly, defendants entered into a written retainer agreement in December 1991 with Marino D’Orazio whereby D’Orazio agreed to represent defendants in a certain action brought against Steven Bingaman (hereinafter the Bingaman matter). D’Orazio thereafter became associated with plaintiff, and defendants duly consented to…