SEAMAN v. SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL LLP

10128, 152828/18.

176 A.D.3d 538 (2019)

111 N.Y.S.3d 266

2019 NY Slip Op 07510

Jordan Seaman, Appellant, v. Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP et al., Respondents.

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

Decided October 17, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, New York ( Illan M. Maazel of counsel), for appellant.

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York ( Robert M. Abrahams of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Gische, Webber, Moulton, JJ.


In this legal malpractice action, plaintiff alleges that defendant Frunzi, a partner of defendant Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, agreed to represent him and his then-wife in drafting a postnuptial agreement between them. According to plaintiff, despite his clearly expressed intent to preserve the terms of the parties' prenuptial agreement, Frunzi drafted the agreement in a way that imposed open-ended financial obligations on him and failed to disclose a substantial conflict...

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