But within days, according to Barry Bondorowsky, a Brooklyn lawyer who represented the father in the case, the mother went to court.

Rubin's maternal grandfather was a big-shot Brooklyn lawyer.

Arleen Ralph, a Brooklyn lawyer, handled at least 560 cases last year, according to city records, but there were dozens more that went uncounted.

The team took control of the case from two Brooklyn lawyers, who claim they were edged out despite doing valuable work.

Mr. Cochran, who also testified, described the behavior of the Brooklyn lawyers as bizarre.

Dawn Cardi, a Brooklyn lawyer, raised the same fear.

A Brooklyn lawyer was charged yesterday with taking more than $2 million from her clients' accounts to support her gambling habit.

But they're expensive - about $5,000 a month - and didn't work, at least for a Brooklyn lawyer who tried them, Paul Mirman.

They asserted that Mr. Cochran's team had forced the two Brooklyn lawyers off the case.

In the end, she was more than pleased with the Brooklyn lawyer she hired.