Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is denied.
Where, as here, "a client requests that papers in the possession of his former attorney be returned to him, and the attorney asserts a claim for compensation for services rendered, the attorney is entitled to a determination fixing the value of his services, and the amount so fixed must be paid or otherwise secured to the attorney before any such turnover may be enforced" (Hom...
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