United States Second Circuit

The question of whether a client can ratify an attorney's fee agreement during a period of continuous representation, if attorney misconduct has occurred during that period, is certified to the New York Court of Appeals.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/02/2005
• Published 08/03/2005

Judges

• MUKASEY, District Judge., Before:  CALABRESI and B.D.PARKER, Circuit Judges, and MUKASEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Fred R. Profeta, Jr., Esq., Profeta & Eisenstein, New York, NY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard M. Maltz, Esq., Richard M. Maltz, PLLC, New York, NY, David S. Hammer, Esq., New York, NY, for Appellee.