PURDY v. ZELDES

No. 02-7468.

337 F.3d 253 (2003)

John M. PURDY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jacob D. ZELDES, and Zeldes Needle and Cooper, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 6, 2003.

As Amended August 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J.E. Markham, II, Markham & Read, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Eric S. Miller, Sheehey Furlong & Behm P.C., Burlington, VT, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: FEINBERG, MESKILL and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff John Purdy appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont in his malpractice action against his former attorneys, defendants Jacob D. Zeldes and the law firm of Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, for their alleged negligent representation of Purdy in a criminal case. The district court (Sessions, J.) granted summary judgment to defendants, holding that Purdy's malpractice claims were barred by the...

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