Legal Opinion
Clients' Security Fund v. Grandeau
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 9, 1987PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Weiss, J.
We are today called upon to determine the right of plaintiff, the Clients’ Security Fund of the State of New York (the Fund), to recover sums paid to clients of a dishonest attorney who misappropriated or misapplied their funds or other property. In this unique case, the Fund seeks recovery not just from defendant Barry J. Grandeau, the dishonest attorney, but also from his former law partner, defendant Michael T. Dahowski. The Appellate Division, Second Department, in disciplinary proceedings brought against Dahowski, did not find him to have been dishonest, but…
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