Legal Opinion
De May v. Moore & Bruce, LLP
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 6, 2008No. Civil Action 08-845 (ESH)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs James De May, his wife Anne Schrader-De May, and the De May Fami ly Trust have sued their lawyers Charles Bruce and Jonathon Moore, and their firm Moore & Bruce, LLP, for legal malpractice (Count I), breach of fiduciary duty with respect to Bruce’s work for the Family Trust and the charitable trust — the Optimay Foundation (Count II), and constructive fraud relating to defendants’ alleged misrepresentations regarding the tax implications of their work for De May, his wife and four foreign trusts (Count III).
The central…
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