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MATTER OF SR

8272. 4673/08B. 4673/08C.

169 A.D.3d 574 (2019)

95 N.Y.S.3d 67

2019 NY Slip Op 01343

In the Matter of SR. Susan Noack et al., Appellants, v. Seymour Reitknecht, Respondent.

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

Decided February 26, 2019.

Respondent's counsel sought approval for legal fees in the amount of $1,037,183 for their representation of respondent. The amount requested represented 33.7% of the estate and trust assets. The Surrogate noted that the fees were far in excess of a typical fee for the services performed by respondent's counsel, concluded that the fees were excessive, and fixed the fees in the total amount of $520,000.

Although the Surrogate...

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