Holland & Knight LLC v Walsam 316, LLC 2023 NY Slip Op 33748(U)
October 17, 2023 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 654470/2022 Judge: Dakota D. Ramseur has a third lesson in attorney billing litigation. How does a Judiciary Law 487 defense to the bills fare?

“In November 2022, plaintiff Holland &…

Holland & Knight v. Walsam,316 LLC, , which we discussed on Monday December 11, 2023 has three lessons about attorney billings. The first is how electronic research monthly fees to the law firm can be attributed to the client. The second, which we highlight today is how the account stated principle works in favor of…

Holland & Knight LLC v Walsam 316, LLC 2023 NY Slip Op 33748(U) October 17, 2023
Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 654470/2022
Judge: Dakota D. Ramseur cover three important areas in legal malpractice. The first is how law firms may charge clients in a charging lien or a fee claim for…

May Dock Lane, LLC v Harras Bloom & Archer, LLP 2023 NY Slip Op 06244 Decided on December 6, 2023 Appellate Division, Second Department illustrates the depth to which the Courts and the AD will go in considering a CPLR 3211 motion. We submit that this depth is not matched in medical malpractice cases, nor…

Suzuki v Greenberg 2023 NY Slip Op 05455 Decided on October 26, 2023
Appellate Division, First Department is the extremely rare successful Judiciary Law 487 claim. The AD noted that in the First Department a single egregious act can be sufficient, and that no “chronic pattern” is required as it is in the Second Department.…

Salus v Berke 2023 NY Slip Op 06183 Decided on November 30, 2023 Appellate Division, Third Department is a case on the correct application of Judiciary Law 487 claims that an attorney took too much of a fee in a contingent representation.

“Plaintiff Gregory J. Salus is the beneficiary of the residuary clause of the…

Huli Ma v Hui Chen 2023 NY Slip Op 06031 Decided on November 22, 2023
Appellate Division, Second Department is a Connecticut and New York legal malpractice claim that the attorney was also a business partner with Plaintiff.

“In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of fiduciary duty, legal malpractice, fraud, and…

Santaro v Finocchio 2023 NY Slip Op 05836 Decided on November 17, 2023 Appellate Division, Fourth Department illustrates the inherent bias towards attorneys that courts have always taken. Not forgetting that attorneys write and legislate the rules, which are then applied and considered by attorneys who are judging other attorneys, it is no surprise that…