“In order to recover damages in a legal malpractice action, a plaintiff must establish

1. ‘that the attorney “failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession” and
2. that the attorney’s breach of this duty proximately caused
3. plaintiff to sustain actual and ascertainable damages.’”

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