Attorneys obtained a defense verdict on all claims after a 36 day non-jury trial on legal malpractice claims in federal court

Attorneys obtained a defense verdict on all claims after a 36 day non-jury trial on legal malpractice claims in federal court. The most serious claims were for aiding and abetting the client's breach of fiduciary duty owed to his minority shareholders. The court found that the client did indeed breach such duties but misled the lawyers who could rely on his factual statements and who were unable independently to verify the facts because the plaintiffs had concealed the key documents. The court agreed with us that this was entirely speculative, and that actually the removal of the plaintiffs had benefited the company, not harmed it.