Peretz v. Cohn

Summary

Two businessmen, Plaintiffs Peretz and Gabbay, invested $1.5 million in a Costa Rican real estate venture in 2008 on the advice of their attorney, Defendant Cohn, who also drafted a guarantee to protect their interests.The venture failed, the guarantee did not protect plaintiffs, and they lost their full investment.

Outcome

Verdict for Plaintifs on legal malpractice and breach of ficuciary duties counts.

Damages for plaintiffs on breach of fiduciary duties

Peretz: $1,002,900
Gabbay: $500,000

Total: $1,502,900

No punitive damages or attorney's fees.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Peretz, Eli
Defense: Cohn, S.
Verdict: $1,502,900

Judge: Jay Roth
Jurisdiction: State Court of Georgia, Fulton County
Court: Justice Center Tower

Case Number: 12EV015232
Industry: Legal, Real Estate
Practice Area: Malpractice, Real Property

Plaintiff

Peretz, Eli

Represented By:
Katz, Stephen (The Katz Law Group)

Defense

Cohn, S.

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Katz, Stephen
00:06:24	Break
00:07:24	Opening Statement	O'Neill, Elizabeth
00:30:03	Witness Cross Examination	Katz, Stephen	Cohn, S.	In Person
01:11:10	Break
01:23:46	Witness Cross Examination	Katz, Stephen	Cohn, S.	In Person
02:22:33	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Katz, Stephen	Cohn, S.	In Person
00:26:07	Witness Direct Examination	O'Neill, Elizabeth	Cohn, S.	In Person
01:23:02	Break
01:39:41	General Case Activities
01:43:04	Witness Cross Examination	Katz, Stephen	Cohn, S.	In Person
01:47:42	Break
02:10:22	Witness Cross Examination	Katz, Stephen	Cohn, S.	In Person
02:17:01	Witness Re-Direct Examination	O'Neill, Elizabeth	Cohn, S.	In Person
02:18:52	Witness Direct Examination	Katz, Stephen	Hilbert, Kurt	In Person
03:04:37	Witness Cross Examination	O'Neill, Elizabeth	Hilbert, Kurt	In Person
03:37:01	Break
03:40:47	Witness Cross Examination	O'Neill, Elizabeth	Hilbert, Kurt	In Person
03:44:17	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	O'Neill, Elizabeth	Hilbert, Kurt	In Person
01:09:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Katz, Stephen	Hilbert, Kurt	In Person
01:49:40	Witness Re-Cross Examination	O'Neill, Elizabeth	Hilbert, Kurt	In Person
01:54:30	Break
02:10:51	General Case Activities
02:15:04	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Katz, Stephen	Gabbay, Dr. Nick M.D.	In Person
00:40:31	Witness Cross Examination	Whitlock, Kathryn	Gabbay, Dr. Nick M.D.	In Person
01:45:28	Break
02:09:19	Witness Cross Examination	Whitlock, Kathryn	Gabbay, Dr. Nick M.D.	In Person
02:14:46	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Katz, Stephen	Gabbay, Dr. Nick M.D.	In Person
02:26:01	Witness Direct Examination	Katz, Stephen	Peretz, Eli	In Person
03:05:46	Witness Cross Examination	O'Neill, Elizabeth	Peretz, Eli	In Person
04:13:34	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Katz, Stephen	Peretz, Eli	In Person
04:14:51	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Katz, Stephen	Gaeckle, Peter	Video Recording
00:58:32	Break
01:16:40	Witness Direct Examination	Katz, Stephen	de Diego, Brian	Video Recording
02:07:18	Break
02:25:31	Witness Direct Examination	Katz, Stephen	Kay, Andrew	Video Recording
02:54:10	Witness Direct Examination	Katz, Stephen	Locatelli, Paul	Video Recording
03:39:30	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Whitlock, Kathryn	Dodson, William	In Person
01:12:45	Break
01:30:50	Witness Cross Examination	Katz, Stephen	Dodson, William	In Person
02:06:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Whitlock, Kathryn	Dodson, William	In Person
02:16:10	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Katz, Stephen	Dodson, William	In Person
02:17:35	Break
02:33:52	General Case Activities
02:36:50	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

JUN

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Peretz v. Cohn

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:17	Closing Statement	Katz, Stephen
00:39:53	Break
00:49:06	Closing Statement	O'Neill, Elizabeth
01:47:08	Closing Statement	Katz, Stephen
02:03:33	Break
02:12:28	General Case Activities
02:53:24	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:05:46	General Case Activities
		00:10:10	End of Session