Siegfried, Rivera, Hyman, Lerner, De La Torre, Mars & Sobel and Coral Gables bankruptcy shareholder Jeffrey Berlowitz on Wednesday defeated a legal malpractice suit by former clients who claimed the attorneys fumbled a $9.7 million lawsuit by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Berlowitz and the firm successfully argued improper venue to beat back the suit in Broward Circuit Court, but the Fourth District Court of Appeal left the door open to revive the suit in Miami.