MATTER OF LAVALLEY

518233

120 A.D.3d 1498 (2014)

992 N.Y.S.2d 378

2014 NY Slip Op 06232

In the Matter of JOSEPH LAVALLEY, Respondent. THE WEST FIRM, PLLC, Appellant. COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, Respondent.

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

Decided September 18, 2014.


The West Firm, PLLC hired claimant as a "contract attorney" to prepare a legal memorandum on a time-sensitive matter. Upon reviewing claimant's written memorandum analyzing the legal responsibilities of a client with respect to certain property, West declined to pay claimant for all of the hours that he worked on the project, gave claimant an opportunity to revise his memorandum and, upon completion of the project, declined to...

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