A man being accused of drug crimes is back in jail after a judge found him and his attorney in contempt of court when they were nearly an hour late to a jury selection hearing. The judge increased the man's bail from $120,000, which he had already posted, to $3...
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Attorney suspended after drug deal
A court recently ordered that an attorney be suspended for at least nine months following his conviction in a drug case. The attorney was accused and eventually found guilty of helping a client purchase illegal marijuana. The attorney said that his conduct was not a...
Attorney disbarred for two years after borrowing client inheritance
An attorney was disbarred by their state supreme court recently after she borrowed money from a client who was in jail. The attorney was managing a probate matter for the incarcerated client and was instructed to hold the more than $48,000 inheritance until the client...
Lawyer’s failure to name correct defendant cost man 75k, suit says
A man has filed a legal malpractice suit against his former attorney for failing to sue the correct party in a personal injury case that he hired the attorney to pursue. The injured man is asking for over 75,000 in damages, an amount which is largely based on the harm...
Musician sues attorney for “intentionally sloppy” work
The rapper Lil' Kim has filed a lawsuit against her former attorney for legal malpractice, alleging that the lawyer and his firm provided grossly negligent legal services to her and transferred rights to her brand to his own company. The rapper originally engaged the...
The economics of a legal malpractice case
The economics of a legal malpractice case. In order to win a legal malpractice case, the plaintiff - the injured client - has the burden of proving that "but for" the lawyer's malpractice, the client would have obtained a better result if the lawyer had acted as a...