· 10/14/1993
Cohen v. Grainger, Tesoriero & Bell
Citations
- 622 N.E.2d 288
- 81 N.Y.2d 655
- 602 N.Y.S.2d 788
- 1993 N.Y. LEXIS 3274
How courts have described this case
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- finding discharged attorney who had contingency fee arrangement with former client had elected to receive contingent percentage fee from incoming attorney
- finding logical sequence between claim filed once in state court and later in federal court
- discussing a discharged attorney's options for recovery in a case involving a contingency-fee agreement
- discussing a discharged attorney’s options for recovery in a case involving a contingency-fee agreement
- permitting an attorney to assert a charging lien where the attorney was discharged after representing a plaintiff in state court who hired new attorneys to file an action on the same claim in federal court
- \Only if the client and attorney agree may the attorney receive a fee based on a percentage of the recovery.\
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Judges: Simons
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