KERN v. SHANDELL, BLITZ, BLITZ & BOOKSON, L.L.P.


58 A.D.3d 487 (2009)

869 N.Y.S.2d 906

CHET W. KERN, ESQ., Respondent, v. SHANDELL, BLITZ, BLITZ & BOOKSON, L.L.P., et al., Defendants. SHANDELL, BLITZ, BLITZ & BOOKSON, L.L.P., Appellant, v. SANDRA RUTH SCHIFF, ESQ., Respondent.

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

January 15, 2009.


Common questions of law and fact warranting consolidation include: Kern's entitlement to share in fees derived from the "referral list" of cases set forth in his agreement with SSSB upon joining that firm; the amount of that entitlement; the amount of the fees realized by Schiff from referral list cases; and the amount of referral list fees already paid by Schiff to SSSB. As the motion court succinctly put it: "both actions concern a dispute over legal fees from cases arising...

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