Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
To recover damages for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must prove (1) that the defendant attorney failed to exercise that degree of care, skill, and diligence commonly possessed by a member of the legal community, (2) that the attorney's conduct was the proximate cause of the loss sustained, (3) that the plaintiff sustained damages as a direct result of the attorney's actions, and (4) that the plaintiff would have been...
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