Minnesota is a “sister state,” notes a recent written decision of the California State Bar Court. What that means is that California legal authorities will pay close attention to select attorney discipline proceedings there, as well as in all other states, which are...
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Billing issues at the heart of many CA legal malpractice claims
No California attorney can reasonably be expected to perform for a client at a super-human level. Like everybody else, lawyers – even good ones – occasionally make mistakes. Sometimes, though, those errors become a problem. They might be multiple and/or material,...
Annual legal malpractice survey: many problem areas for law firms
Insurance broker company Ames & Gough conducts a widely studied annual survey of legal malpractice claims across the United States, looking at both specifics and trends. The findings it culled in its most recent look at data supplied by multiple large malpractice...
A missed deadline can have dire consequences in your legal matter
It is eminently reasonable for any lay person in California to justifiably rely upon the knowledge, competence and good-faith representation of a lawyer retained in a legal matter. Indeed, it would be ludicrous if that expectation was unwarranted. After all,...
Veteran’s medical malpractice claim denied
A Marine Corps veteran was denied his medical malpractice claim due to a little-known statute of limitations loophole. Brian Tally was misdiagnosed with a lower back strain, instead of staph infection that was eating away at his bones. Tally lives with his wife and...
First ethics overhaul in decades brings big change for CA lawyers
A recent media spotlight placed on California attorneys and the rules that govern their conduct pursuant to professional practice notes that it has been decades since the last full revision of the state’s ethics rules. Much has changed since the 1980s, of course,...
Recent report on California State Bar examines lawyer discipline
We noted the relatively recent rollout of material changes in the State Bar of California that seek to give that sprawling bureaucratic arm a new look and feel. The focus is on tautness and a sharper focus, and bar officials think that the goal has been achieved. We...
Recent developments materially affecting California State Bar
Anyone with even a casual interest in the State Bar of California knows that that the officials and legions of workers employed by that entity have no time to spare. They’re flat-out busy and focused daily on a wide assortment of concerns. That they are is essentially...
Lively debate surrounds California’s lawyer fingerprinting proposal
The debate over the prospective fingerprinting of all California attorneys by April 30 of next year is not over. In fact, it just seems to be getting starting, as evidenced by a spate of strong comments passed along in one recent news report on the State Bar-authored...
Re-fingerprinting of CA attorneys: What will it reveal?
Authorities with the State Bar of California obviously harbor some concerns regarding the integrity and past backgrounds of select attorneys. They have sought to address them with a massive program requiring the re-fingerprinting of every actively licensed lawyer...