A long entry in the New York Law Journal by Tom Perrotta gives the procedural history of this fascinating case. Defendant Barry Scheck is a world class attorney, and the party’s attorneys, Joel Berger and Ron Minkoff are both highly experienced, and well known in the Legal Malpractice communities.
The NYLJ article states that after a EDNY decision on a motion for summary judgment [See this blog for “Legal Malpractice and Barry Scheck” 10/10/05], discovery now starts. Mr. Berger is quoted as saying: “They are playing very, very rough over something that, if anything, I think they would feel embarrassed and ashamed of and would want to deal with quickly,” Mr. Minkoff, attorney for Scheck, says: “Our position is that nobody did anything wrong, because there was nothing that could have been done.”