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SACHS v. DOWNS RACHLIN MARTIN PLLC

No. 16-394.

179 A.3d 182 (2017)

2017 VT 100

Hannah P. SACHS v. DOWNS RACHLIN MARTIN PLLC and Caryn Waxman, Esq.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

October 20, 2017.

Motion for Reargument Denied November 16, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Burghardt Kramer of Katherine Burghardt Kramer Law Office LLC, Middlebury, and James L. Mulligan of Simpson & Mulligan PLLC, Lebanon, New Hampshire, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert D. Rachlin and Samantha V. Lednicky of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, Burlington, for Defendants-Appellees.

PRESENT: Reiber, C.J., Skoglund, Eaton and Carroll, JJ., and Harris, Supr. J., Specially Assigned.

¶ 1. After a bench trial, the trial court concluded that defendant-attorney's failure to adequately inform plaintiff Hannah Sachs of the risks of delay in filing a parentage action "negligently fell short of the standard of reasonably competent legal representation." Despite the court's conclusion that defendant breached her professional...

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