Phillips v. Clancy

OPINION

MEYERSON, Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves a claim for legal malpractice. For the purpose of this appeal, the parties agree that the defendant attorney failed to make a timely request for a hearing before an administrative law judge. Summary judgment was granted in favor of the defendant. Attached to his motion for summary judgment, the defendant presented the affidavit of an administrative law judge who was familiar with the plaintiff’s case. According to the judge, the plaintiff would have been unsuccessful even if the defendant had timely requested the hearing. The trial…