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BENJAMIN v. KOEPPEL

85 N.Y.2d 549 (1995)

650 N.E.2d 829

626 N.Y.S.2d 982

Donald A. Benjamin, Respondent, v. Adolph Koeppel, Defendant, and Koeppel, Del Casino & Martone, P. C., et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 2, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reisman, Peirez, Reisman & Calica, Garden City (Robert M. Calica and E. Christopher Murray of counsel), for appellants.

Field, Lomenzo & Turret, P. C., New York City (Ira A. Turret of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.

TITONE, J.

Can an attorney who has not complied with Judiciary Law § 468-a's registration requirements nonetheless recover payment for professional legal services rendered during the period of noncompliance? Concluding that the public policies underlying the State's attorney-registration system do not furnish a reason to nullify otherwise valid contractual obligations, we hold that the failure to register...

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