Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff was convicted of attempted murder in the second degree in June 1993. His former trial attorney, the defendant, Lewis D. Cohen, was thereafter retained by the plaintiff's family to prosecute an appeal from the judgment of conviction on the plaintiff's behalf. A retainer fee of $15,000 was paid for by the plaintiff's family. The defendant ultimately filed a notice of
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