Is a client entitled to discharge the services of an attorney without cause?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Byrne v. LeBlond, 2004 NY Slip Op 24429 (NY 1/12/2005), 2004 NY Slip Op 24429 (N.Y. 2005):
New York law is clear that a client may discharge the services of an attorney with or without cause. (Matter of Montgomery, 272 NY 323, 326 [1936]; Reubenbaum v. B. & H. Express, 6 AD2d 47, 48 [1st Dept 1958].) Reubenbaum instructed (at 48) that:
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