1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.Y.2d
  4. 87 N.Y.2d
  5. 87 N.Y.2d 459 (1996)
 

KLEIN v. EUBANK

87 N.Y.2d 459 (1996)

663 N.E.2d 599

640 N.Y.S.2d 443

Edward E. Klein, Appellant, v. Edwin Eubank et al., Respondents, et al., Discontinued Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 9, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay B. Solomon, New York City, for appellant, and Edward E. Klein, appellant pro se.

Edwin L. Eubank, New York City, respondent pro se, and Spooner Snipe Eubank & Burnett (Edwin L. Eubank of counsel), for Eubank Group, Inc., and another, respondents.

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

TITONE, J.

In this proceeding brought by an attorney to enforce a statutory charging lien, the issues are whether a lawyer who was once but is no longer the attorney of record may invoke the Judiciary Law § 475 lien and whether the protection of that statute is forfeited when the attorney and client mutually consent to the termination of their relationship. We hold that the statutory lien is available even...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases