Pro se plaintiff gets jury trial in legal malpractice case – Defense Verdict 
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Published: February 21, 2011
Tags: Fairfax County Circuit Court, Judge Brett A. Kassabian, Legal Malpractice
The plaintiff initially retained the defendant attorney and his law firm in April 2005 in connection with an insurance fraud cause of action against New York Life Insurance Company and its agent, Suk-Ku Lim. The plaintiff alleged that Lim fraudulently sold her a financial instrument which would pay her $3 million dollars when, in ...
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