A law firm's termination by a client cannot protect it from a request for sanctions by the former client and the former client's adversary in a loan repayment action, a New York judge has ruled. The judge declined to dismiss a motion for a penalty against law firm Russ & Russ, ruling that doing so would "allow a lawyer to escape liability for frivolous conduct by arranging to be fired after engaging in mischief, or, by a more civilized approach, by moving to withdraw as counsel."
June 11, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A law firm’s termination by a client cannot protect it from a request for sanctions by the former client and the former client’s adversary in a loan repayment action, a Nassau County, N.Y., judge has ruled.
Marek, Christine and Gabrielle Rozen and Mohammed and Sally Omar have joined forces to ask the court to impose a penalty against Massapequa, N.Y.-based Russ & Russ, the Omars’ former attorney. The law firm responded that the court lacked jurisdiction because it no longer was on the case.
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