GOLDFARB v. HOFFMAN

1121, 151904/14.

139 A.D.3d 474 (2016)

32 N.Y.S.3d 79

2016 NY Slip Op 03682

JASON GOLDFARB, Appellant, v. JEFFREY C. HOFFMAN, ESQ., et al., Respondents.

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

Decided May 10, 2016.


Plaintiff did not have a right to arbitrate his fee dispute under the retainer agreement with defendants, his former counsel (see Eiseman Levine Lehrhaupt & Kakoyiannis, P.C. v Torino Jewelers, Ltd., 44 A.D.3d 581, 583 [1st Dept 2007]). The parties' contract said that plaintiff had the right to arbitrate "as provided by 22 NYCRR [Part] 137." Part 137 does not apply to "representation...

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