Terri Harrigfeld Sara Harrigfeld v. J.D. Hancock Hancock & Zollinger, a Partnership

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

On January 30, 2003, we filed, pursuant to Rule 12.2 of the Idaho Appellate Rules, an order tendering certification of a question of law to the Idaho Supreme Court. Harrigfeld v. Hancock, 317 F.3d 1094 (9th Cir.2003). In so doing, we requested the Idaho Supreme Court to exercise its discretion in favor of accepting certification, which that court did on March 21, 2003. The legal question certified and accepted was as follows:

Is a direct attorney-client relationship required to exist between the plaintiff and the attorney-defendant in a legal malpractice action when the…