Plaintiff's cause of action for legal malpractice based on defendants' representation of him in a Federal criminal proceeding is precluded by plaintiff's undisturbed conviction on some of the charges in that proceeding, an obstacle that plaintiff cannot avoid by pleading a purported cause of action for breach of contract alleging that defendants failed to perform their contract to represent him with due care (see, Kaplan v Sachs,
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BEN-ZVI v. KRONISH LIEB WEINER & HELLMAN L. L. P.
278 A.D.2d 167 (2000)
718 N.Y.S.2d 328
ROZ BEN-ZVI, Appellant, v. KRONISH LIEB WEINER & HELLMAN L. L. P. et al., Respondents.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Decided December 28, 2000.
Decided December 28, 2000.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.
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