Svigals v. Hopgood, Calimafde, Kalil & Judlowe

—In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Schmidt, J.), dated December 22, 1997, which, after a nonjury trial, is in favor of the defendants and against her, dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed; with costs.

To prevail in a legal malpractice action, the plaintiff must establish that the defendant failed to exercise that degree of care, skill, and diligence commonly possessed and exercised by an ordinary member of the legal community; that such negligence was the proximate cause of…