DuVall, Blackburn, Hale & Downey v. Siddiqui

By JUDGE RICHARD J. JAMBORSKY

This matter is before the Court on the plaintiff/counter-defendant’s demurrer to the defendant/counter-plaintiff’s counterclaim. Plaintiff/counter-defendant DuVall, Blackburn, Hale and Downey ("DuVall") filed a warrant in debt in General District Court to recover legal fees. Defendant/counter-plaintiff Rose Marie Siddiqui ("Siddiqui") then removed the action to Circuit Court and filed a counterclaim for legal malpractice, to which DuVall now demurs.

DuVall’s first grounds in support of its demurrer is that the consent decree was not entered because it was not…