Attorneys representing leading antique watch expert Osvaldo Patrizzi are asking Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich (See Profile) to recuse herself from a lawsuit over a deal in which Patrizzi claims he was cheated out of his stake in his auction house.

The attorneys, Kerry Gotlib and Michael Haskel, filed their motion to recuse on Monday in AQ Asset Management v. Levine, 652367/10, saying that Kornreich’s rulings in the case so far created “not only the appearance, but the reality of partiality.”