A criminal defendant-turned-lawyer won a $280,000 verdict in Manhattan earlier this month against his former attorney who allegedly labeled him an emotionally unstable “a-hole” and a “dangerous jerk” who mistreated women.

After a 10-day trial, a state court jury found New York solo practitioner Robert Feldman had breached a contract with his former client, Donald Glassman, committed legal malpractice and defamed him, among other findings.