Judge signals Giudice’s lawsuit against former lawyer to proceed

Teresa Giudice's legal malpractice lawsuit against her bankruptcy attorney will proceed in court. In her claims, the attorney was the one allegedly responsible for her 11-month imprisonment.

According to Radar Online, a judge from Morris County Superior Court has ruled that the case of Giudice against James Kridel will proceed. She filed that Kridel is guilty of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and legal malpractice in his handling of her bankruptcy case 6 years ago.

The new lawyer, Carlos Cuevas, accused Kridel of making 'material errors' in his legal documents for 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' star's case for not listing her job, income, and various auto and property assets and letting her sign them 'under penalty of perjury that the documents are accurate.'

To retaliate, NJ reported that in an interview, Kridel said the mortgage conspiracy predated the bankruptcy filing. He said he depended on Giudice to provide him with much accuracy in information and that the star should take responsibility for what she did when she agreed to take the plea deal. But Giudice's lawyers were quick to say that federal prosecutors looked at mortgage fraud differently from bankruptcy fraud.

Cuevas said "We're contesting that she even would have been indicted if it were solely for alleged mortgage fraud."

Inquisitr noted that Giudice was released from prison just before Christmas last year after serving 11 months in prison. She was initially sentenced with 13 months but was released on a condition that she would be on house arrest so she could spend time with Joe Giudice, who's going to serve 3 years behind bars.

The case now proceeds to discovery phase and a trial is likely to take place 18 months away, but Giudice's suit hasn't specified the amount she's seeking for damages. Following the ruling of  the judge, Kridel has not responded to requests for comments. 

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Teresa Giudice, malpractice, Lawsuit, real housewives of new jersey, Carlos Cuevas, Bankruptcy case, James Kridel, Joe Giudice

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