Legal Malpractice

Few attorneys in Los Angeles win every case they take. Though they do their best, sometimes the evidence is against their client and the other side prevails in court. But when an attorney fails to live up to his or her duty to represent a client to the best of his or...

Town officials in another state say that ineffective counsel from the municipality’s attorney cost it big bucks in a whistleblower lawsuit. The city settled the case for $4.5 million. Now it is pursuing a legal malpractice claim against the attorney, in a trial that...

When a person retains the services of an attorney to represent them in an important civil matter, they have a right to expect that they will be provided with diligent and effective representation. Aside from fighting to protect the rights of their clients and building...

Sports fans across the nation are eagerly awaiting the official start of both the college football season and the National Football League season. Of course, as is often the case with football, there are currently just as many interesting headlines off the field as on...

A very interesting story is currently developing in the state of Indiana, where a former Secretary of State who was forced out of office due to a criminal conviction has now filed a legal malpractice lawsuit against the very attorney whose services he retained to help...

For the past three years, real estate lawyers have raked in more legal malpractice claims than any other legal practice area, quickly followed by trusts and estates, and corporate and securities law. Regardless of the type of law, anyone in Sherman Oaks whose lawyers...

Attorneys have numerous duties to their clients, but one of the most important is to be a zealous advocate on their behalf. This generally means that a Los Angeles attorney needs to do a thorough and complete conflict-of-interest analysis before agreeing to represent...

A state ethics board has recommended the suspension of an attorney who posted an incriminating video of his client on the internet. The attorney told the board that at the time he posted the video and promoted it using social networking sites, he believed that it...

A woman is suing a powerful law firm that represented her during her divorce because the firm did not properly handle a conflict of interest between the woman's case and its commitments to banking giant Morgan Stanley, which was her husband's employer at the time of...

When a hopeful young graduate leaves law school and passes the bar, they are presumed to be competent enough to handle even complex cases. As such, many newly minted attorneys choose to set out on their own and start a small law practice for themselves, sometimes with...