Rothman v. McLaughlin & Stern, LLP

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Manuel J. Mendez, J.), entered December 5, 2013, dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In this action for legal malpractice, defendants, attorney Martin J. Friedman and his firm, McLaughlin & Stern, LLP, represented plaintiff in connection with the acquisition of an interest in two companies. After plaintiff lost the money he invested because the companies turned out to be part of a Ponzi scheme, he commenced this action alleging that defendants failed to conduct due diligence with respect to the companies’ finances.

Defendants…