Although the court reporting service got the cite wrong [we’ll get it later today], here is yet another law school  case concerning jurisdiction:  A New York Plaintiff hires a Pennsylvania attorney to litigate in Connecticut." Scheuer v. Schwartz

"CIVIL PROCEDURE. LONG ARM JURISDICTION. TRANSACTION WITHIN STATE. Plaintiff, the estate of a New Yorker who retained defendant, a Pennsylvania attorney, to represent him in a Connecticut probate proceeding, brought an action to recover alleged excess fees charged to the deceased. Granting of defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction reversed, and complaint reinstated. CPLR 302(a)(1) permits long-arm jurisdiction over a nondomiciliary where: (1) defendant transacted business within New York; and (2) cause of action arises out of the transaction. Here, as part of handling the Connecticut probate matter, defendant made 10 trips to New York during a nine month period, during which he met with the deceased and his adversaries in the probate proceeding, and reviewed documents, for which he charged 70 hours of legal time. Thus, defendant engaged in “purposeful activities” in New York, justifying long-arm jurisdiction"