SOKOLOW, DUNAUD v. LACHER


299 A.D.2d 64 (2002)

747 N.Y.S.2d 441

SOKOLOW, DUNAUD, MERCADIER & CARRERAS LLP, Respondent-Appellant, v. MICHAEL A. LACHER et al., Appellants-Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

September 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Calvey of counsel, New York City (Sokolow, Dunaud, Mercadier & Carreras LLP, attorneys), for respondent-appellant.

Paul J. Curran of counsel (Gregory J. Wallance, Edward C. Crouter and Guy R. Fairstein on the brief; Kaye Scholer LLP, New York City, and Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin Lever & Goodman, LLP, White Plains, attorneys), for appellants-respondents.

WILLIAMS, P.J., NARDELLI, ROSENBERGER and MARLOW, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GONZALEZ, J.

This action arose out of a failed merger between two law firms. The primary dispute on appeal is whether the IAS court properly declared plaintiff law firm the sole tenant of a valuable leasehold that was originally owned by defendant law firm and was intended to be the offices of the newly merged firm. Plaintiff Sokolow, Dunaud, Mercadier & Carreras LLP (SDMC) is a New...

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