LUSK v. WEINSTEIN

5267, 102852/09.

85 A.D.3d 445 (2011)

924 N.Y.S.2d 91

2011 NY Slip Op 4742

JEANNE MARIE LUSK, Appellant, v. KENNETH J. WEINSTEIN, ESQ., Defendant, and SUZANNE PARKER, ESQ., Respondent.

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

Decided June 7, 2011.


Plaintiff was a party to the underlying matrimonial action in which she retained defendant Parker to represent her.

The court properly found that a charging lien entered in the underlying action against plaintiff barred her from thereafter asserting a claim for legal malpractice (see Judiciary Law § 475; Wallach v Unger & Stutman, LLP, 48 A.D.3d 360 [2008]). While it is unclear to what award the charging lien...

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