Fort Lauderdale-based law firm Kubicki Draper and partner Jane Rankin are defendants in a legal malpractice suit claiming the lawyer helped an alleged client-turned-lover draft a lease agreement for a property he no longer controlled.

The firm and attorney are defendants in the Palm Beach Circuit Court suit by Love’s Bridge View LLC, a real estate company that news reports say is part of a family-owned $550 million real estate empire. Rankin and the firm are accused of legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract.