A Western New York county has bought a legal malpractice lawsuit against Harris Beach, claiming $10 million in damages, arguing the firm missed a deadline to file critical appeal papers to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Harris Beach previously defended Seneca County, situated between Rochester and Syracuse, in litigation against the Cayuga Indian Nation of New York over whether the county can foreclose on its property for failing to pay real estate taxes. In August 2012, Judge Charles Siragusa held that county foreclosure actions were barred by tribal sovereign immunity, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit later affirmed (NYLJ, Aug. 4, 2014).
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