N.Y. Judiciary Law § 477: Settlement of actions for personal injury

§ 477. Settlement of actions for personal injury. If, in an action

commenced to recover damages for a personal injury or for death as the

result of a personal injury, an attorney having or claiming to have a

lien for services performed or to be performed who shall have appeared

for the person or persons having or claiming to have a right of action

for such injury or death, no settlement or adjustment of such action

shall be valid, unless consented to in writing by such attorney and by

the person or persons for whom he shall have appeared, or approved by an

order of the court in which such action is brought.