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:...
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How can a CA resident steer clear of a bad-faith attorney?
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...
Establishing legal malpractice: connecting the dots
Here’s a hypothetical to ponder. Say that you’re a California resident who has retained an attorney to represent you in a legal matter (that aptly describes many of our readers, of course). The quality of your legal counsel is flatly abysmal in every conceivable...
CA State Bar matter spotlights attorney’s trust account violation
Attorney conduct in California that falls below a designated standard of care for clients covers a lot of ground. A lawyer’s performance can harm a client when it proceeds from a clear conflict of interest (for example, simultaneous representation of another party...
When does a CA client have a valid concern re a lawyer’s billing?
As a long-established and proven legal malpractice law firm that exclusively represents aggrieved clients of California attorneys, we cut straight to the chase concerning lawyers’ billing duties. In doing so, we note at Glickman & Glickman that the answer to...
Court cites plaintiff’s laxity in pursuing legal malpractice claim
We pose a pointed question to California readers of our legal malpractice blog at the long-established Los Angeles law firm of Glickman & Glickman. We directly ask this on a relevant website page: “Were you a victim of your attorney’s malpractice?” Candidly, that...
Key legal malpractice factor spotlighted: the “but for” element
Say that you’re a California resident having what you reasonably believe to be a strong legal claim against a third party for some alleged act of wrongdoing that caused you harm. Notwithstanding the strong merits underlying your lawsuit, you lose the case. The...
Here’s an obvious malpractice concern for CA legal regulators
Message from the California State Bar to practicing attorneys across the state: client money remitted in reliance on your legal representation better be going to you, not a non-attorney. Fee splitting is akin to a dirty word and spells a reproachable practice to state...
Plaintiffs respond to law firm’s representation with a lawsuit
Spokespersons for national law firm Jones Day unsurprisingly term the volunteer work that firm attorneys do on a so-called “pro bono” basis as routinely first-rate and even exceptional. Two individuals who recently filed a lawsuit against the firm in a Southern...
CA attorney discipline: What types of punishment can be ordered?
California has more actively practicing attorneys than any other state in the country. As can be clearly seen by any reader scanning even a few of our blog posts at the long-tenured Los Angeles legal malpractice law firm of Glickman & Glickman, some of those...