Lawrence v. Miller

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the continuous representation doctrine tolls the limitations period only during an “ongoing provision of professional services with respect to the contested matter or transaction” and does not apply “to a continuing general relationship between a client and professional”
• contingency fee arrangement enforced in the absence of “incompetence, deception or overreaching” or if “void at the time of the inception”
• “Absent incompetence, deception or overreaching, contingent fee agreements that are not void at the time of inception should be enforced as written.”
• “Absent incompetence, deception or overreaching, contingent fee agreements that are not void at the time of inception should be enforced as written.”
• breach occurs when any fiduciary \acts in his own interests rather than in the best interests of the [beneficiary]\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Cornwell Entertainment, Inc. v. Anchin, Block & Anchin, LLP
  First Circuit· 2016-07-18· cited 44×
• Blackrock Capital Investment Corp. v. Jerry Fish
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2017-04-24· cited 10×
• Tranquility Salon & Day Spa, Inc. v. Caira
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2016-07-27· cited 9×
• L.E.K. Consulting LLC v. Menlo Capital Group, LLC
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2017-03-16· cited 8×
• Paragon Litig. Trust v. Noble Corp. PLC (In re Paragon Offshore PLC)
  D. Delaware· 2018-08-06· cited 8×
• Lavelle-Tomko v. Aswad & Ingraham
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2021-02-18· cited 6×
• Stewart v. New York City Transit Authority
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2014-12-30· cited 4×
• Friedman v. Kuczkir
  S.D. New York· 2017-08-09· cited 4×
• Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. v. Proskauer Rose, LLP
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2015-07-02· cited 3×
• Matter of Talbot
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2014-11-19· cited 2×
• Verkowitz v. Ursprung
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2017-09-27· cited 2×
• Divito v. Fiandach
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2021-12-23· cited 2×
• Rohe v. Bertine, Hufnagel, Headley, Zeltner, Drummon & Dohn, LLP
  S.D. New York· 2016-02-01· cited 2×
• Matter of Spiak
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2022-09-15· cited 2×
• Law Offs. of Joel J. Ziegler, P.C. v. Stellaccio
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2020-12-02· cited 1×
• Meija-Gonzales v. Storch
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2020-12-03· cited 1×
• Pace v. Horowitz
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2021-01-26· cited 1×
• Wojcik Law Firm, P.C. v. Mull
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2024-01-09· cited 1×
• Divito v. Fiandach
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2018-04-27
• Mazursky Group, Inc. v. 953 Realty Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2018-11-13

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McCoy v. Feinman
  New York Court of Appeals· 2002-11-19· cited 446×
• Vermont Teddy Bear Co. v. 538 Madison Realty Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2004-03-25· cited 380×
• McDermott v. Torre
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-06-15· cited 369×
• Borgia v. City of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1962-12-31· cited 331×
• Shaw v. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1986-10-14· cited 242×
• Shumsky v. Eisenstein
  New York Court of Appeals· 2001-05-10· cited 208×
• Glamm v. Allen
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-07-02· cited 147×
• Greene v. Greene
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-05-18· cited 146×
• Lawrence v. Miller
  New York Court of Appeals· 2008-12-02· cited 124×
• Gair v. Peck
  New York Court of Appeals· 1959-05-28· cited 108×
• Siegel v. Kranis
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1968-03-25· cited 88×
• Williamson v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  New York Court of Appeals· 2007-06-07· cited 73×
• King v. Fox
  New York Court of Appeals· 2006-06-13· cited 68×
• Nesbit v. . Lockman
  New York Court of Appeals· 1866-01-05· cited 53×
• In re Christine D.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1992-11-19· cited 22×
• In Re Smart World Technologies, LLC
  Second Circuit· 2009-01-06· cited 21×
• Schlanger v. Flaton
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-08-24· cited 20×
• Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna, LLP v. Oppitz
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2013-04-11· cited 13×
• In re the Estate of Eckert
  New York Surrogate's Court· 1978-02-03· cited 11×
• Snook v. Sullivan
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1900-07-01· cited 9×