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Did You Expect to Be Paid Too?
Usually, when a family-law attorney takes on a divorce case, it's with the expectation that at some time before or after the work on the case is completed, he or she will be paid for services rendered. Sure, attorneys often have trouble getting paid by their clients, who may not have the necessary funds at their disposal, but when a client cannot pay, the attorney has other means, including turning to the court for assistance in getting payment from the opposing spouse. But suppose the client discharges the attorney from the case before the divorce is finalized? The option of seeking redress by asking the court to compel the client's spouse to pay is foreclosed, according to a recent decision by the Appellate Division, Second Department, in the case of Frankel v. Frankel, 2003 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9279 (App. Div., 2d Dept. 9/8/03).
In the underlying matrimonial action, attorneys from the firm of Schlissel, Ostrow, Karabatos, Poepplein & Taub, PLLC, Mineola, represented the wife during more than 30 days of the child-custody phase of the couple's trial. During that phase of the trial, the husband was ordered to pay his wife's attorneys $25,000 in pendente lite fees. However, less than a month later, the wife had discharged her attorneys, as reflected on the record on March 30, 2001. Also on that date (after the attorneys had been discharged), an attorney for the firm indicated on the record that the firm was asserting a lien on the wife's file and intended to apply for its accrued legal fees.
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