Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Where there is a fee dispute between outgoing counsel and incoming counsel, outgoing counsel may elect to receive compensation based upon quantum meruit or a contingent percentage based on his or her proportionate share of the work performed on the entire case (see, Matter of Cohen v Grainger, Tesoriero & Bell,
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