Majority
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alison Y. Tuitt, J.), entered July 15, 2013, which apportioned 15% of the contingency fee earned in the underlying personal injury cases to outgoing counsel Morton Buckvar, Esq. and 85% to incoming counsel Gersowitz, Libo & Korek, PC., unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Having considered “the amount of time spent by the attorneys on the case, the nature and quality of the work performed[,] . . . the relative contributions of counsel toward achieving the outcome” (Diakrousis v Maganga, 61 AD3d 469 , 469 [1st Dept 2009]), “the amount recovered” (Castellanos v CBS Inc., 89 AD3d 499 , 499 [1st Dept 2011]), and “the experience, ability and reputation of the attorneys” (Martin v Feltingoff, 7 AD3d 467 , 468 [1st Dept 2004], lv denied 3 NY3d 608 [2004]), we find that the allocation of the fee by the trial judge to Buckvar was appropriate.
Concur — Renwick, J.P, Richter, Manzanet-Daniels and Gische, JJ.
Motion seeking to correct record on appeal denied.
Cases cited
- Diakrousis v. Maganga 61 AD3d 469 at 469 p. 464
- Martin v. Feltingoff 7 AD3d 467 at 468 p. 464