FKB’s Aaron M. Barham and Victoria A. Yachkouri obtained a First Department decision upholding summary judgment on behalf of a prominent medical malpractice law firm. The plaintiff asserted legal malpractice claims arising from an underlying medical malpractice lawsuit that was diligently prosecuted and successfully resolved by FKB’s client for a favorable sum. The First Department held that FKB demonstrated that its client’s representation comported with the applicable standard of care and that their strategic decisions were protected by the professional judgment rule. The First Department further held that the Plaintiff could not establish how Plaintiff could have obtained any better result than the very favorable settlement FKB’s client obtained.

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