David S. Kaufman, P.A. v. Moskowitz

BARKDULL, Judge.

By these consolidated appeals, the appellant, Kaufman, seeks review of a final judgment for the appellee, Moskowitz, entered by the trial court, pursuant to a jury verdict in an action for legal malpractice, and trustee’s negligence. Kaufman also seeks review of a judgment awarding him only $1,300.00 attorney’s fees on his counterclaim.

Moskowitz hired Kaufman as an attorney to handle the closing on a parcel of real property that Moskowitz wanted to sell. The property sold in 1987. At time of the sale, Moskowitz wanted to effect a “Starker exchange” for tax purposes.1 Kaufman…