Feld & Sons, Inc. v. Pechner, Dorfman, Wolfee, Rounick, & Cabot

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• stating that clients could recover fees paid to their lawyer who violated professional obligations owed to clients
• stating that clients could recover fees paid to their lawyer who violated professional obligations owed to clients
• affirming dismissal of claims asserted by clients suing their former lawyers who had advised the clients to lie and falsify exhibits; dismissal based on principle that “no court will lend its aid to a man who grounds his action upon an immoral or illegal act”
• addresses violations but, after extensive discussion, declines to apply in pari delicto

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