Lawyer turns car lemons to lemonade

"From Day One I had problems. Tranny flopping, engine knocking. I must have brought it back 10-15 times over seven months. I got the complete runaround." Orsaris' personal lawyer said he couldn't touch the case, the Queens resident says. "One night a friend of mine called me and told me to Google 'lemon law.' I found Sergei. In a month and a half, I got a check. He took care of it."

The 34-year-old Connecticut-based Lemberg opened his doors just two years ago, but has already found liaising between the consumer, dealers and auto manufacturers more rewarding than his previous tenure in bigger law firms.

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