381 N.J. Super. 1 - Levine v. Levine’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nieder v. Royal Indemnity Insurance · 54 N.J. Super. 347 - H. & H. Ranch Homes, Inc. v. Smith · 240 N.J. Super. 441 - Salch v. Salch · Musikoff v. Jay Parrino's the Mint, L.L.C. · 281 N.J. Super. 73 - Mateo v. Mateo
Most-quoted passages
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“the interests of judicial economy and efficiency [are served] by placing the dispute before the same judge who presided over the underlying action, rather than requiring another judge to review a trial record with which that judge has no prior familiarity. This mode of disposition also enables the attorney and client to resolve their fee dispute more expeditiously than by a separate action in the Law Division. [ Id. at 10-11 (citation omitted).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“must file a separate action in the Law Division for the recovery of counsel fees or is entitled to a plenary hearing in the trial court on his petition for a charging lien.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“it is ordinarily preferable for the judge who presided over the underlying action also to decide any fee dispute between the attorney and client.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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