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PETITION OF ROSENMAN & COLIN

Nos. 886, 1085, Dockets 87-7957, 87-9049.

850 F.2d 57 (1988)

In Matter of Petition of ROSENMAN & COLIN, Appellee-Cross-Appellant, for an Adjudication of its Rights in the Matter of Sherrier v. Richard. ROSENMAN & COLIN, Petitioner-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, Julian Sherrier, Plaintiff, v. Bernice RICHARD, Defendant-Respondent-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitney North Seymour, Jr., New York City (Craig A. Landy, Brown & Seymour, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-respondent-appellant, cross-appellee.

J. Kelley Nevling, Jr., New York City (Rosenman & Colin, pro se, New York City, on the brief), for petitioner-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, NEWMAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns primarily a dispute between a law firm and its former client as to the extent of an attorney's lien for unpaid fees. Bernice Richard, the former client, appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Robert W. Sweet, Judge) granting a lien in the amount of nearly $400,000 to the law firm of Rosenman & Colin ("Rosenman"). The lien applies to sums awarded to Richard in litigation...

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