ROTKER v. ROTKER


195 Misc.2d 768 (2003)

761 N.Y.S.2d 787

NANCY C. ROTKER, Plaintiff, v. GLENN ROTKER, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Westchester County.

April 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fredman & Kosan, LLP, White Plains (Neil A. Fredman of counsel), and Marshall S. Goldman, White Plains, for plaintiff.

Collier, Halpern, Newberg, Nolletti & Bock, LLP, White Plains (James J. Nolletti of counsel), for defendant.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERT A. SPOLZINO, J.

At issue in this fee dispute between the plaintiff and her former attorneys is the compatibility, or incompatibility, of the attorneys' common-law right to a retaining lien with the requirement now established by the Appellate Divisions that matrimonial fee disputes be determined by arbitration. The issue arises in the context of the plaintiff's motion for an order directing her former attorneys to deliver their...

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