Johnson v. Raban

CRANDALL, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff, Van Johnson, from the dismissal with prejudice of his legal malpractice action against defendant, Samuel Raban. We affirm.

This action arose as a result of defendant’s representation of plaintiff in an earlier criminal trial. Plaintiff alleges that defendant’s performance in that proceeding was deficient in that defendant failed to conduct appropriate pre-trial investigations, to interview or depose State’s witnesses, and to interview or elicit testimony from a co-defendant.

Before addressing plaintiff's specific points on appeal, we…