When you find yourself in the often uncomfortable position of hiring a lawyer, you do so with the confidence that you can trust in his or her abilities to handle your case in an effective, economic, and confidential manner. The same applies with various other...
Legal Malpractice
Battling Your Ex-Lawyer in the Courtroom
Many people get a lawyer because they want to sue an opposing party. But sometimes, when the lawyer that they hire doesn’t do a good job, they end up suing him or her instead. A few years ago, Law Practice Magazine published an article that showed a long list of what...
Should You Sue Your Lawyer for Malpractice?
If you are in a situation in which you’ve turned to an attorney for help, this likely means an event compelled you immediately to seek legal assistance or a circumstance in your life has moved into a dire state. It could be a problem at your workplace, within the...
Common Grounds for a Legal Malpractice Suit
When you hire an attorney, he has a duty to act as a reasonable attorney would, to not make careless mistakes, to follow the rules of professional conduct for lawyers, and to not breach any contracts or other agreements you have signed. If an attorney fails to do any...
Examples of Legal Malpractice
Legal malpractice can occur for a number of reasons and affects every area of law. To better understand the types of legal malpractice claims, the American Bar Association (ABA) recently completed a study of 42,076 legal malpractice claims filed in the United States...
California Legal Malpractice Lawsuits and the Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege
What is California Legal Malpractice? So what drives California legal malpractice? One of the most popularized aspects of the attorney-client relationship is that certain communications are privileged and confidential. That is to say, if you tell your attorney...
California Supreme Court Depublishes Legal Malpractice Opinion
On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 the California Supreme court depublished it’s opinion issued in Shifren v. Spiro. In this case, the dispute was over an amendment to family trust documents first drafted in 1988. Originally, the trust provided that all property would...
California Legal Malpractice
What is Legal Malpractice? Legal malpractice is a type of civil law suit used to enforce the standards of professional conduct. When you initiate a lawsuit for California legal malpractice, you’re not only asking the court to compensate you for your damages; you’re...
Lawyer-Client Talks Relating to Mediation Cannot Be Used to Prove Malpractice Claim
Private discussions that attorneys have with their client during or relating to mediation of the client’s case may not be used against the lawyers if the client subsequently sues them for malpractice, the California Supreme Court declared Jan. 13 (Cassel v. Superior...
Supreme Court of California Reinforces Mediation Privilege
By Steven G. Mehta The long-awaited Cassel decision has now come down this last week. The gist of the decision is that the mediation privilege trumps the right of a client to sue a lawyer for malpractice for events that occurred in mediation or in anticipation of...