Summary Judgment Dismissal in Four-Level Legal Malpractice Case Summary Judgment Dismissal in Four-Level Legal Malpractice Case

Jeff Kestle obtained summary judgment dismissal for our attorney client in a complex legal malpractice case involving an underlying copyright infringement case, followed by an underlying legal malpractice case against the plaintiff’s intellectual property attorney, followed by a second underlying legal malpractice case against the plaintiff’s first malpractice attorney. All three of the underlying cases went to trial. Before obtaining the final order dismissing all remaining claims, Jeff obtained three partial summary judgment orders dismissing plaintiff’s breach of fiduciary duty and Consumer Protection Act claims and some of its malpractice claims. Along the way, Jeff defeated four motions for summary judgment filed by the plaintiff.