Legal Malpractice

Two attorney authors who concentrate on ethics in the legal industry duly note that many practitioners become ensnared in client-linked difficulties when they fail to routinely focus on and remain sharp in their representation. That’s obvious, right? And writers Shari...

Today’s blog headline could be easily rephrased as a question. That might be this: What must a California client prove to establish that his or her legal counsel is liable for malpractice? Establishing attorney malpractice in California is a two-step process. A...

California has legions of attorneys. Their client advocacy spans every conceivable practice area, and they are present and active in every corner of the state. Given the scores of thousands of practicing lawyers, it stands to reason that their collective range of...

It is far from a secret that the legal profession in California and nationally, like other professional groups, has its fair share of work-linked stressors. Deadlines abound in law. Motions need to be filed. Court dates are always looming. Relevant law needs to be...

A recent national article on law and lawyers makes a number of pointed commentaries on the legal profession. At its core, though, it is essentially a warning piece focused on a single and alarming takeaway. That is this: Attorneys from California to Maine are under...

The so-called Camp Fire that has raged on recently in Northern California in an unprecedented way has inflicted unspeakable harm on individuals, families and businesses across a broad swath of the state. Tragically, scores of people have died in the conflagration,...

The law firm involved in a high-profile legal malpractice case insists that it is blameless. The jury concluded otherwise. In fact, its verdict reached last week in a Florida lawsuit stressed a national law firm’s negligence in timely and adequately pursuing a medical...

Although it made a strong effort to avoid court, that is precisely the venue where a lawsuit involving large national law firm Blank Rome is now headed. A decision rendered by a New York judge last week ruled against the firm’s summary judgment motion to dismiss a...

A recent in-depth article addressed to practicing American attorneys sets forth a number of so-called “best practice” tips aimed at helping them steer clear of legal liability that might otherwise arise through deficient lawyering. The piece duly notes that legal...

California residents who retain attorneys often do so – and reasonably enough, we think – with the assumption that their relied-upon legal counsel carries malpractice insurance. Like practitioners in all other occupations, lawyers are imperfect beings....