The law firm being sued by the First Judicial District for alleged legal malpractice in the Philadelphia family courthouse deal said Friday in preliminary objections that Philadelphia court leaders were sophisticated parties that had the advice of counsel from Ballard Spahr when they decided to enter a development agreement that had the FJD’s attorney from Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel involved on the other side of the deal.
The FJD initiated a legal malpractice action earlier this year against law firm Obermayer Rebmann, ex-Obermayer Rebmann partner Jeffrey B. Rotwitt and Rotwitt’s corporate entity, Deilwydd Property Group FC LLC, over the dual role Rotwitt played in the development of a new Philadelphia family courthouse.
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