ALBANY – A suit against Greenberg Traurig and former partner Leslie Corwin was revived Tuesday by the state Court of Appeals, which found that under legal traditions dating back to the early days of New York statehood—and even older British common law—the action is not time-barred.
The unanimous Court of Appeals held in Melcher v. Greenberg Traurig, 24, that a six-year statute of limitations applies to attorney deceit claims under CPLR 213(1), not the three-year claim that the defendants argued was applicable in the case under CPLR 214(2).
