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PERKINS v. ELBILIA

6394N, 315467/10.

90 A.D.3d 543 (2011)

936 N.Y.S.2d 134

2011 NY Slip Op 9184

JEANNE J. PERKINS, Respondent, v. BRUCE ELBILIA, Appellant.

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

Decided December 20, 2011.

The motion court abused its discretion by denying defendant's motion for the pro hac vice admission of an out-of-state attorney to represent him. This State's policy favors "representation by counsel of one's own choosing" (Neal v Ecolab, Inc., 252 A.D.2d 716, 716 [1998] [internal quotation marks and citation omitted]). The motion was made within days after the commencement of the action; pro hac vice admission would not adversely...

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