Segall v. Berkson

This is an appeal from an order dismissing appellant Mort Segall’s fifth amended complaint alleging legal malpractice and breach of a contract to provide legal services on the part of defendant Jerome Berkson, individually, and Miles Beerman, Nathan Swerdlove, William Woloshin, Lawrence Barezky, and Berkson, “d/b/a a partnership.” The gravamen of Segall’s contentions is alleged deficiencies in defendant Berkson’s representation of Segall in a dissolution of marriage case.

The salient allegations of the first count of Segall’s complaint are that (1) at the relevant times, defendant James…