Here is a NJ case about legal malpractice insurance coverage for successor attorneys.
"In this appeal, we decide whether a policy of insurance providing coverage for legal malpractice requires the insurer to provide indemnification to a former partner of a law firm for acts of malpractice allegedly committed subsequent to the dissolution of that firm. Under the facts presented, we conclude that the former partner was acting "solely in a professional capacity on behalf of such firm," as required by the policy of insurance and was entitled to a defense and indemnification. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant John J. Marquess"