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NEWMAN v. SILVER

Nos. 927, 928, Dockets 82-7789, 82-7813.

713 F.2d 14 (1983)

Murray NEWMAN and Capitol Motors, Inc., Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. Murray M. SILVER, Murray M. Silver P.C., and Ralph LiButti a/k/a Robert Presti, Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray M. Silver, P.C., appellant-cross-appellee, pro se.

Michael L. Kingman, Hackensack, N.J. (Joseph C. Woodcock, Jr., Hackensack, N.J., of counsel), for appellant-cross-appellee LiButti.

Robert A. Katz, Gandin, Schotsky & Rappaport, P.C., Melville, N.Y. (Roberto Lebron, Gandin, Schotsky & Rappaport, P.C., Melville, N.Y., of counsel), for appellees-cross-appellants Newman and Capitol Motors, Inc.

Before LUMBARD, OAKES, and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.

OAKES, Circuit Judge:

This case, here on cross-appeals, arises out of a complaint brought by New York clients (Capitol Motors, Inc., an auto dealership, and its president, Murray Newman) against their attorney (Murray Silver, Esq., of Atlanta, Georgia) and the fellow who brought lawyer and client(s) together, Ralph LiButti, also known as Robert Presti. Silver was paid, as the district court put it, the "staggering fee" of $212,000 to represent Newman and his dealership...

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