Schloss v. Steinberg

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jeffrey K. Oing, J), entered June 21, 2011, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied plaintiffs cross motion for summary judgment in her favor, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Even if defendant’s acts or omissions rose to the level of negligence, plaintiffs legal malpractice claims remain speculative. Indeed, nothing in the record shows that but for defendant’s negligence, plaintiff would have been awarded a larger distribution of the marital estate…