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Professional malpractice by an attorney in California occurs when the lawyer has caused damage to a client. The damage caused may be due to either negligence or intentional conduct. Legal malpractice can occur in all areas of the law and may take multiple forms. Legal...
As a recent media tale relates, there are certainly a few twists and turns in the fraud-related story of a California woman who recently filed a legal malpractice complaint against an attorney from a large national law firm. That firm is Sidley Austin LLP of Chicago,...
Have you perhaps signed an arbitration agreement that sets forth a written understanding you have with your attorney regarding any future conflict that might arise regarding his or her legal representation or, alternatively, concerning any jointly engaged-in business...
A California resident's house burned down several years ago. Her insurance carrier refused to reimburse her for that huge loss, claiming that the fire was an act of arson. The woman was allegedly out of town when the fire occurred. She has persistently expressed...
When a client hires a lawyer for representation and advocacy in a legal matter, he or she has a reasonable expectation that the retained attorney will perform adequately, that is, in a manner commensurate with the skill and knowledge exercised by other attorneys...
Most lawyers, we submit, are relatively good at what they do and conscientious as they go about doing it. That is, they're up to the task of representing their clients, which means that that they understand the laws in play, know how to interpret and apply them, and...
Stories focused upon law firms and hospitals frequently spotlight malpractice claims brought by the former against the latter for negligence that contributes to a patient's injury or accident. That is not always the case, though, as illustrated in a recent media story...
The simple reality is that when a person retains the services of an attorney, there's a very good chance that they're in the midst of trying times. Indeed, they may have been served with divorce papers, charged with a criminal offense, injured in a serious car...
Plaintiffs in legal malpractice litigation who allege injury-causing wrongdoing on the part of a retained attorney or law firm are no more immune from wishful thinking than anybody else. That is, they might have a tendency to see their legal claim in a perspective not...
A 44-year-old Connecticut woman went to the dentist to have a missing upper incisor replaced with a fixed bridge. Without her consent, the dentist extracted her three remaining upper front teeth. Another dental patient went to have a cavity filled. While the dentist...