SHOULD HAVE. COULD HAVE?SHOULD HAVE. COULD HAVE?
We know a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. Here's a variation on that old saw: The lawyer whose client is a litigious lawyer is a fool not to settle if he can. Renowned tax attorney Stanley Bergman of Withers Bergman LLP is finding this out the hard way, after nearly 10 years of litigation with his ex-client Adrienne Marsh Lefkowitz. Lefkowitz has been embroiled in a marathon
April 1, 2004
Rorie M. Sherman Editor in Chief
We know a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. Here's a variation on that old saw: The lawyer whose client is a litigious lawyer is a fool not to settle — if he can.
Renowned tax attorney Stanley Bergman of Withers Bergman LLP is finding this out the hard way, after nearly 10 years of litigation with his ex-client Adrienne Marsh Lefkowitz.
Lefkowitz has been embroiled in a marathon of estate litigation against a variety of opponents since her father died 16 years ago. In that time, a surrogate court judge also removed her as executor of her father's estate, surcharged her some $1.6 million and found she had “total disregard for the interests of the beneficiaries of the estate.”
Since 1995, L...
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