GALLET, DREYER & BERKEY, LLP v. BASILE

1486, 109687/11, 11590897/11.

141 A.D.3d 405 (2016)

35 N.Y.S.3d 56

GALLET, DREYER & BERKEY, LLP, Respondent/Third-Party Defendant-Respondent, v. FRANK BASILE, Appellant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, et al., Third-Party Plaintiff, et al., Third-Party Defendant.

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

Decided July 5, 2016.


Plaintiff law firm Gallet Dreyer & Berkey represented defendant Basile in connection with the December 21, 2009 settlement of a Surrogate's Court action brought in 2004 by his spouse, Celeste Holm, to revoke an irrevocable trust that she created in 2002. In this action brought by the law firm against Basile to recover outstanding legal fees, Basile has counterclaimed for attorney malpractice, taking the position that due to poor advice, factual omissions, and misinformation...

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