Los Angeles Professional Malpractice Law Blog

You don’t need to be a lawyer to understand the importance of meeting your deadlines. All it takes is one big late fee, and you realize those deadlines come with real consequences. In the legal world, however, the consequences can be even more dire. When lawyers...

What do you think of when you hear the word “incompetence”? Maybe you imagine some homeowner and DIY plumber who tackles a project he can’t handle. The next thing you know, his basement’s flooded. But what if the first thing that comes to mind is your frustration with...

Here’s the truth: Negligent attorneys can cause real harm. An attorney’s negligence may cause you to lose a big-dollar business dispute, accept a crummy injury settlement or spend time in jail. If so, you might find some compensation through a legal malpractice suit....

There’s something daunting about the idea of hiring a lawyer. The law can sometimes read like a foreign language, riddled with traps and pitfalls. You may have a lot riding on the matter. You might need to defend yourself from criminal charges, uphold your rights in a...

The State Bar of California has a bag of tools that personify well a proverbial carrot-and-stick approach. On the one hand, many individuals who apply themselves diligently during an arduous period of study are rewarded with a coveted professional license to practice...

Attorneys in California and elsewhere whose client representation results in claims of legal malpractice commit a variety of sins. Some of their shortcomings that spawn client harm include these lapses from the professional standard of care governing their profession:...

Sometimes it takes a bit of proactive doing. That is the bottom line applicable in select instances where a would-be or actual California client has strong misgivings about whether an attorney is acting competently and ethically or deceptively and in bad faith. Of...