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WEINSTEIN v. BARNETT

219 A.D.2d 77 (1996)

640 N.Y.S.2d 103

Vickie Weinstein, Respondent, v. Jacalyn F. Barnett, Appellant

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

April 4, 1996

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Williamson of counsel, New York City (Pamela M. Sloan and Carolyn L. Ziegler on the brief; Flemming, Zulack & Williamson, L. L. P., attorneys), for respondent.

Bruce H. Wiener of counsel, New York City (Raymond B. Harding and Pamela A. Phillips on the brief; Fischbein Badillo Wagner Itzler, attorneys), for appellant.

ROSENBERGER, J. P., RUBIN, NARDELLI and MAZZARELLI, JJ., concur.

WALLACH, J.

This appeal requires us to assess the legality of an agreement by plaintiff, an erstwhile client, to pay to defendant, her former attorney, a two million dollar bonus in connection with the successful conclusion of a matrimonial action.

In July 1992, plaintiff retained defendant, then a member of a law firm since dissolved, to represent her in a matrimonial dispute. At that time, plaintiff...

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