Ewers v. City Of New York et al

Filing 104

ORDER: ORDERED that Carmen Giordano, Stefanie Behler, and Giordano Law Offices PLLC are relieved as counsel of record for plaintiff Altura St. Michael Ewers on the basis of irreconcilable differences; and it is further ORDERED that Carmen Giordan o, Stefanie Behler, and Giordano Law Offices PLLC are granted (1) a retaining lien on the case file in the amount of $5,190.00 and (2) a charging lien against any recovery, whether by judgment or settlement, in favor of plaintiff Altura St. Mich ael Ewers in this matter in an amount to be fixed on the basis of quantum meruit by the Court after such recovery; and it is further ORDERED that proceedings in this matter are stayed for 45 days, at which point, if plaintiff has not retained new cou nsel or notified the Court by writing that he intends to proceed prose, the case will be dismissed with prejudice for lack of prosecution; and it is further ORDERED that Carmen Giordano shall serve a copy of this Order on plaintiff Altura St. Michael Ewers by email and by mail to plaintiff's last known physical address by December 18, 2019, and that Carmen Giordano shall file an affirmation of such service in this Court via ECF by the same date. (Attorney Stefanie Ann Behler and Carmen S. Giordano terminated.) (Signed by Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald on 12/12/2019) (rro)