OPINION OF THE COURT
HERMAN CAHN, J.
Defendant Dean J. Lakis, an attorney, moves to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, CPLR 3211 (a) (7), and lack of particularity, CPLR 3016. This motion raises the issue of whether an attorney can be held liable under the Debtor and Creditor Law, for a fraudulent conveyance made by a client, where some of the conveyed assets were used to pay his fees.
BACKGROUND
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