Manhattan Justice Eileen Bransten approved the appointment of a referee in the acrimonious suit between two founders of Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik in an order filed Wednesday.

Paul Napoli and Marc Bern agreed to the appointment of referee Mark Zauderer, a partner at Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer, as part of last week’s settlement of Napoli v. Bern, 159576/2014.