CARMO v. LAZZARO


4 A.D.3d 216 (2004)

772 N.Y.S.2d 48

LUIS CARMO, Appellant, v. CLIFFORD LAZZARO, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

February 19, 2004.


Plaintiff was convicted in New Jersey of harassment after a trial at which he was represented by defendant. He now seeks to recover from defendant for legal malpractice, alleging that defendant did not competently defend him in the New Jersey criminal proceeding. His complaint was, however, properly dismissed by the motion court since his harassment conviction remains undisturbed, such that no cause of action for legal malpractice on the ground of negligent representation...

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