In this action to recover legal fees on an hourly basis pursuant to a written retainer agreement, we hold that a factual issue is presented as to the reasonableness of the fees. In 1989, Thomas Holman, Esq., a partner in the plaintiff law firm, was retained to represent the defendant-appellant, and her sister, in a lengthy Surrogate's Court proceeding that resulted in $8.7 million surcharges against the trustees of a trust of which the two sisters are beneficiaries. At the...
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