Nicoll & Davis LLP v Ainetchi
2008 NY Slip Op 05763 [52 AD3d 412] [52 AD3d 412]
June 24, 2008
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, August 13, 2008


Nicoll & Davis LLP, Respondent,
v
Isaac Ainetchi et al., Appellants.

—[*1] Ross & Asmar LLC, New York (Steven B. Ross of counsel), for appellants.

Nicoll Davis & Spinella LLP, New York (Jack T. Spinella of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Judith J. Gische, J.), entered April 26, 2007, which, to the extent appealed from, denied defendants' cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff law firm's failure to comply with the rules on retainer agreements (22 NYCRR 1215.1) does not preclude it from suing to recover legal fees for services provided (see Seth Rubenstein, P.C. v Ganea, 41 AD3d 54 [2007]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Gonzalez, Buckley and Catterson, JJ. [See 2007 NY Slip Op 30942(U).]