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Everyone who hires an attorney in Los Angeles has the right to get adequate representation from that attorney. This is true whether you hired the attorney yourself, or are an indigent criminal defendant who received a court-appointed defense attorney. Whether or not...
Breach of confidentiality often plays a key role in legal malpractice claims. In a recent post, we discussed the link between violations of attorney-client confidentiality and legal malpractice. Today, we explore how another sort of confidentiality worked against a...
A recent litigation matter in another state is representative of the type of attorney malpractice cases that arise with some frequency in Los Angeles and elsewhere throughout Southern California. We pass along its relevant details to our readers, given its interest...
By the nature of the job, attorneys often have access to their clients’ personal information. To get the best representation possible, clients often have to tell their lawyer things they cannot tell anybody else. One way the law encourages total honesty between...
When choosing an attorney to handle their legal matter, many people in California want to know whether their prospective attorney has legal malpractice insurance. State law requires that lawyers disclose whether they have malpractice insurance, but they are not...
Nobody wants to go through the distressing and expensive experience of being represented by an incompetent or outright crooked attorney. Most attorneys are honest and hardworking, but sometimes people find themselves the victim of legal malpractice. They get torpedoed...
An attorney who does not provide his or her clients the standard of care owed to them has very little chance of helping them prevail in their legal matter. If clients who are let down in this way were unable to sue their former lawyers for legal malpractice, they...
Many clients trust their attorney with more than their personal information. Many transactions require that the attorney hold onto some of the client’s money or other valuables, at least for awhile. Someone who handles money that belongs to another party is called a...
We normally think of attorney-client privilege as a pact between an attorney, and, well, his or her client. A recent ruling from a California Court of Appeals seems to shut out the client from this equation and create an attorney-attorney privilege, even when...
As in most legal disputes, the decision whether to pursue litigation against a negligent attorney for committing legal malpractice can come down to several factors. In determining whether a malpractice suit is necessary, we have both legal standards and personal...