On or about June 14, 1999, defendant informed plaintiffs by telephone that he and Richard Frank, Esq., were going to pick a jury. Thereafter, defendant informed plaintiffs that the trial had been postponed to June 21, 1999.
               On or about June 21, 1999, defendant informed plaintiffs that Mr. Frank had a "bad back" and that jury selection had to be postponed.
               On or about June 24, 1999, defendant informed plaintiffs by telephone that Mr. Frank is "out of the case, and it’s a good thing" that he is.
               Shortly thereafter, plaintiffs received a letter from Mr. Frank in which he stated that he was withdrawing and/or resigning from the Medical Malpractice Action .
               On or about June 28, 1999, defendant informed plaintiffs that the Trial Court in the Medical Malpractice Action directed that they appear in court to swear under oath that they requested that Mr. Frank be relieved from the Medical Malpractice Action .
               Plaintiffs informed defendant that they did not want to make such a representation to the Court because it was not true. However, defendant threatened plaintiffs that Mr. Frank would "ruin the case" if we did not "discharge" him.
               Plaintiffs had no choice but to follow defendant’s direction. Thus, they appeared before the Trial Court and requested that Mr. Frank be discharged.
               From the outset defendant had led plaintiffs to believe that he was a "super" lawyer and would "come in at the end and do the trial himself." However, after the Trial Court approved the discharge of Mr. Frank, defendant informed them that he had already retained another lawyer to try the Medical Malpractice Action.
               On or about June 29, 1999, at defendant’s direction, plaintiffs met with the law firm of Assail and Yoelli whom defendant said was going to try the underlying case. Assail and Yoelli decided not to take on the Medical Malpractice Action.
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