SCHEUER v. SCHWARTZ


42 A.D.3d 314 (2007)

839 N.Y.S.2d 485

MARJORIE SCHEUER, Appellant, v. MARK D. SCHWARTZ, Respondent.

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

Decided July 5, 2007.


Defendant, a resident and member of the bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, was retained by Walter Scheuer, a resident of the State of New York, to prosecute a claim asserted by Scheuer against an estate in a probate proceeding in the State of Connecticut. Defendant collected approximately $425,000 in legal fees from Scheuer for work performed in the matter and allegedly appropriated a $200,000 "success fee" from the proceeds of a settlement—which defendant procured...

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