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MATTER OF TRAFELET v. CIPOLLA & CO., LLC

653936/18. 312168/15. Appeal Nos. 12889-12890, M-3056. Case No. 2020-02323. 2019-05561.

190 A.D.3d 573 (2021)

2021 NY Slip Op 00274

In the Matter of Lara S. Trafelet, Appellant, v. Cipolla & Co., LLC, Respondent. Lara S. Trafelet, Appellant, v. Remy W. Trafelet, Defendant. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Nonparty Respondent.

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

Decided January 19, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP, New York ( Erik S. Groothuis of counsel), for appellant.

Kaiser Saurborn & Mair, P.C., New York ( David N. Mair of counsel), for Cipolla & Co., LLC, respondent.

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, New York ( Stephen J. Riccardulli of counsel), for Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, respondent.

Concur—Webber, J.P., Mazzarelli, González, Scarpulla, Shulman, JJ.

Nonparty respondent Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (BIR) submitted proof that it entered into a retainer agreement with plaintiff and sent her regular invoices to which she did not object during the course of the firm's year-long engagement (see Bartning v Bartning, 16 A.D.3d 249, 250 [1st Dept 2005]). Contrary to plaintiff's contention, her subsequent counsel's vague and noncommittal statement in court questioning the propriety...

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