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PRINS v. ITKOWITZ & GOTTLIEB, P.C.

279 A.D.2d 274 (2001)

719 N.Y.S.2d 228

JOHN J. PRINS, Appellant, v. ITKOWITZ & GOTTLIEB, P. C., et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided January 9, 2001.

Plaintiff is not entitled to compensation for his "services" to defendant attorneys as an insurance "expediter." The services he rendered were the basis for his arrest and indictment on extortion charges, and constituted a fee-splitting arrangement contrary to public policy. "`[I]t is the settled law of this State * * * that a party to an illegal contract * * * cannot ask a court of law to help him carry out his illegal object...

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