Case Name: Howard Raymond et al., Plaintiffs, v. City of New York et al., Defendants; Morton Buckvar, Esq., Nonparty Appellant, v. Gersowitz, Libo & Korek, P.C., Nonparty Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-07-10
Citations: 119 A.D.3d 464
Docket Number: 
Parties: Howard Raymond et al., Plaintiffs, v City of New York et al., Defendants. Morton Buckvar, Esq., Nonparty Appellant, v Gersowitz, Libo & Korek, P.C., Nonparty Respondent.
Judges: Concur — Renwick, J.P, Richter, Manzanet-Daniels and Gische, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 119
Pages: 464–464

Head Matter:
Howard Raymond et al., Plaintiffs, v City of New York et al., Defendants. Morton Buckvar, Esq., Nonparty Appellant, v Gersowitz, Libo & Korek, P.C., Nonparty Respondent.
[988 NYS2d 881]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alison Y. Tuitt, J.), entered July 15, 2013, which apportioned 15% of the contingency fee earned in the underlying personal injury cases to outgoing counsel Morton Buckvar, Esq. and 85% to incoming counsel Gersowitz, Libo & Korek, PC., unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Having considered "the amount of time spent by the attorneys on the case, the nature and quality of the work performed[,] . . . the relative contributions of counsel toward achieving the outcome" (Diakrousis v Maganga, 61 AD3d 469, 469 [1st Dept 2009]), "the amount recovered" (Castellanos v CBS Inc., 89 AD3d 499, 499 [1st Dept 2011]), and "the experience, ability and reputation of the attorneys" (Martin v Feltingoff, 7 AD3d 467, 468 [1st Dept 2004], lv denied 3 NY3d 608 [2004]), we find that the allocation of the fee by the trial judge to Buckvar was appropriate.
Concur — Renwick, J.P, Richter, Manzanet-Daniels and Gische, JJ.
Motion seeking to correct record on appeal denied.