Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law and the facts, by reducing the amount of the award to $1,500; as so modified, the order is affirmed, with costs to the appellants.
In determining the reasonable value of an attorney's services, the following factors should be considered: "`the difficulty of the questions involved; the skill required to handle the problem; the time and labor required; the lawyer's experience, ability and reputation; the customary fee charged by the Bar for similar services and the amount involved'" (Matter of Ury, 108 A.D.2d 816, 817).
Based on the petitioner's testimony at the trial as to the nature of the services he performed, the amount of time he expended on those services, his usual hourly rate and the amount of the disbursements he made in the course of his representation, we conclude that the reasonable value of the petitioner's services was $1,500. Miller, J.P., Thompson, O'Brien, Santucci and Joy, JJ., concur.