United States Second Circuit

Under Fed R. Civ. P. 24(a), a discharged lawyer, who has a charging lien against his former client that he believes is in jeopardy by ongoing litigation, lacks an interest justifying intervention as of right in the litigation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/24/2001
• Published 05/24/2001

Judges

• CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:, Before:  CARDAMONE, JACOBS, and SACK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas Butler, New York, N.Y. (Raymond Fitzgerald, Butler, Fitzgerald & Potter, New York, NW, of counsel), for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brooks R. Burdette, New York, N.Y. (Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, NY, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellees., James C. Jones, New York, N.Y. (Charles B. Manuel, Jr., Law Offices of Manuel & Jones, P.C., New York, NY, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.