MATTER OF GUATTERY


278 A.D.2d 738 (2000)

717 N.Y.S.2d 764

In the Matter of PETER J. GUATTERY, Deceased. ANTHONY KELVASA, JR., Appellant; JEANO GUATTERY et al., as Administrators of the Estate of PETER J. GUATTERY, Deceased, Respondents. (And Another Related Proceeding.)

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

Decided December 21, 2000.


Peters, J.

Petitioner and Frank Blizard, both attorneys, agreed to jointly represent the estate of Peter J. Guattery (hereinafter decedent) who died intestate on July 31, 1992. As a result of their work, letters of administration were issued on September 18, 1992 to respondents, who are decedent's four siblings. Petitioner contends that he, along with Blizard and respondents, agreed later that their legal fee would represent 5% of the gross estate estimated to be...

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