Fee disputes.

Practice point: Part 137 does not apply to fee disputes involving sums of more than $50,000, absent the consent of the parties, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 137.1[b][2].

Student note: To the extent the client challenged the quality of the legal services provided, his contentions were unavailing, because he failed to raise them at the inquest deciding the reasonable value of the legal services provided.

Case: Yahudaii v. Baroukhian, NY Slip Op 08284 (1st Dept. 2011).

Here is the decision.

Tomorrow’s issue:  Landowner’s liability.