(Reuters) - Todd Blanche, a white-collar attorney defending Donald Trump in two criminal cases, is facing a legal malpractice lawsuit by former clients who claim Blanche and his former law firm mishandled their defense in a regulatory investigation.
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The lawsuit, which is unrelated to Blanche's work for Trump, was filed this week in New York state court by investment advisers Adam and Daniel Kaplan. They said Blanche and his former firm Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft "sabotaged" their efforts to fend off a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission probe, forged a document and withheld their legal file after Cadwalader stopped representing the pair.
"This lawsuit has no legitimate legal or factual basis," Blanche told Reuters, declining to elaborate.
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A spokesperson for Cadwalader had no immediate comment.
Blanche left Cadwalader in April to defend Trump in a case brought by the Manhattan district attorney accusing the former president of falsifying records to cover-up hush money payments to a porn star in 2016.
Blanche is also defending Trump in the federal criminal case over his alleged mishandling of national security documents. Trump has pleaded not guilty in both cases.
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