Opinion
May 21, 1987
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Albany County (Prior, Jr., J.).
On this appeal, plaintiff argues that defendant is prohibited by Judiciary Law § 477 from settling, without his consent, the claims of clients who were represented by him prior to his suspension from the practice of law and who are now represented by defendant. Plaintiff's argument is premised upon the assumption that he has a valid lien on his former clients' cases. This court has recently held that plaintiff does not have such a lien (Capoccia v. Brognano, 126 A.D.2d 323). Hence, plaintiff's argument must be rejected and the order affirmed.
There are actually two plaintiffs — Andrew F. Capoccia and Andrew F. Capoccia, P.C. For purposes of this appeal, they will be considered as one and referred to as "plaintiff".
Order affirmed, with costs. Main, J.P., Mikoll, Yesawich, Jr., Levine and Harvey, JJ., concur.