Seleman v. Manassa

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

Denise Sobilo f/k/a Iman Seleman (“Plaintiff’) filed this legal malpractice suit, premised on diversity jurisdiction, against Defendants, attorney Lawrence S. Manassa and his law firm (referred to collectively as “Defendant Manassa”) and attorney Thomas M. Gurewitz (“Defendant Gurewitz”), both of whom represented her in an Illinois divorce proceeding. Plaintiff claims that Defendants’ negligent handling of the divorce allowed her ex-husband to dissipate nearly $2 million in assets and flee to Egypt. (R. 1, Complin 4-24.) Before the Court…