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In seeking to better protect the public against bad attorneys, it seems that the California State Bar of California has ended up doing precisely the opposite. In fact, and notwithstanding the bar's attempt to weed out and punish attorneys who have ripped clients off,...
In today's post, we relate for our California readers the key facts and material details of a judicial saga regarding a legal malpractice lawsuit that played out in another state. We agree with an online article's view that the ultimate holding in the case spells a...
OK, there's no close and immediate nexus between a California blog and the individual cited in today's post headline, other than to note that the football coach referred to is Barry Alvarez. That coach, who formerly headed the football program at the University of...
A consumer's biggest enemy is often himself or herself. The idea that consumers need to feel more emboldened in asserting their rights and speaking up for themselves seems to be forcefully communicated with some regularity these days by media commentators and pundits...
Many residents in Los Angeles County and elsewhere across California might reasonably lack much knowledge regarding the legal canons and standards that govern the practice of law in the state. After all, when a person needs a lawyer, he or she is most concerned with...
Any lawyer who believes that his or her rights are paramount to those of a client who is being legally represented is flatly in the wrong business. And likely to get in a fair amount of trouble. The legal publication California Lawyer recently published a set of...
Just because your previous attorney did a less than stellar job does not necessarily mean you have a case for legal malpractice. However, lawyers in California are held to professional and ethical standards. A violation of that duty may mean you can recover some of...
Occasionally a case regarding attorney misconduct will emerge with such force and clarity that it provides an instant learning opportunity for clarifying what constitutes legal malpractice. Today's blog post sketches the material details of such a case. Although the...
Below is a fact pattern involving a litigant's legal malpractice lawsuit filed in a state other than California. We pass along the key details involving the matter because we believe them to be materially and broadly relevant to any malpractice blog. Any California...
One panel member at a recent American Bar Association conference noted to an attorney audience that, "How you treat your client will influence how your client treats you when things go wrong." Isn't that so patently obvious as to be a truism? And yet, it seems that...