Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York June 9, 1998 (Lichtenstein v. Emerson)

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered March 26, 1997, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint by reason, inter alia, of the circumstance that plaintiffs attorney was not, when he commenced the action on plaintiffs behalf, authorized to practice in New York State, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiffs attorney, a resident of Washington, D.C.