Contrary to plaintiff's contention, the retainer agreement in question was an advance payment retainer, and defendant was permitted to place the retainer funds in its operating account (Ruberto v DeFilippo, 29 Misc.3d 1236[A], 2010 NY Slip Op 52170[U], *3-4 [Civ Ct, Richmond County 2010]).
In any event, the issue was moot, given that this Court had already granted plaintiff judgment on liability (Gaulsh v Diefenbach PLLC,
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