Mahoney v. Shaheen, Cappiello, Stein & Gordon, P.A.

The plaintiff, Dennis Mahoney, appeals an order by the Superior Court (Morrill, J.) dismissing his claim of malpractice against the defendants, Shaheen, Cappiello, Stein & Gordon, EA., and Barbara Keshen, an attorney formerly with the firm. We affirm.

This case is a legal malpractice action brought by a convicted felon against the attorneys who represented him in grand jury proceedings prior to his indictment. In January 1994, Mahoney pled guilty to twelve felony indictments for theft by deception, falsification of evidence, and Medicaid fraud. The charges arose out of his theft of Medicaid…