Legal Malpractice Blog

From Bernie Madoff to Sir Alan Stanford, too many innocent investors are losing their life savings to Ponzi schemes. Unfortunately, behind every “successful” Ponzi scheme is often a bank or lawyer. Our sister site blog, Due Diligence, discusses how investors can collect from banks that...

No accounting firm wants an unhappy client. The only thing worse is a client that sues for malpractice. Henry Guy and John Moore were trustees of an estate. They hired a New York accounting firm, CPI Associates to prepare annual tax returns for the trust for 2012, 2013 and 2014.
After the...

The amount of money lost each to year fraudulent wire transfers is skyrocketing. Most of the frauds are easily preventable with a little common sense and due diligence. When money is sent to the wrong party and lost, determining who is responsible can be tricky. In this case we will examine a...

What To Do When a Lawyer Steals Your Money This is a legal malpractice website. We sue lawyers who make mistakes. It happens to everyone, sooner or later we all make mistakes. And that’s why lawyers, doctors and automobile owners have insurance. Theft, however, is an intentional...

Suing Incompetent Attorneys We are sometimes asked, “Can I sue because my lawyer wasn’t very experienced?” Lack of experience, however, doesn’t mean the lawyer didn’t do a good job. The better question is can I sue because my lawyer was incompetent. The answer to that...

Texas Legal Malpractice Post – Special Tolling Rules The statute of limitations for suing a lawyer in Texas is two years. Wait too long and you lose your right to sue. But when does the clock begin to run?
In general, a legal malpractice claim arises when the client suffers a legal...

Beware Celebrity Lawyers Many people are attracted to celebrity lawyers just like they are to celebrities. There is a certain amount of bragging rights to say that you are represented by a lawyer who is seen as a celebrity and is always on the news. While there are many good lawyers who represent...