Legal Malpractice Blog

Bill Padding Happens More than We Think  
Many have heard the joke about the young lawyer standing at the Pearly Gates. The lawyer tells St. Peter that there must be a mistake as he is too young to die. “But St. Peter, I am only 40,” says the lawyer. “That’s odd,...

Lawyers are officers of the court. Although they have a duty to zealously represent the interests of their clients, they must do so in an ethical manner. The cites in this post are to the American Bar Association Rules of Professional Conduct. Although the ABA rules aren’t binding, every...

Lawyers make mistakes. Usually when that happens, the mistake can be fixed. Sometimes, however, it can’t. If your lawyer made a mistake AND you lost money, you probably have a claim for legal malpractice.
When you make a claim against the lawyer, he then files a claim with his...

An Arizona jury awarded a physician wrongly accused of malpractice and homicide $8 million. The verdict was against the lawyer that sued him.
Several years ago, Helen Scharf filed a medical malpractice suit against Dr. Arnaldo Trabucco. She believed that Trabucco botched a kidney removal...

When a lawyer gets sued by a client and accused of legal malpractice, that can be a big headache for the lawyer. It’s an even bigger headache when one lawyer sues another lawyer and a former client too. That is what recently played out in a state court in Beaumont,...

Missing a filing deadline is every lawyer’s nightmare. Sometimes the mistake can be fixed but not always. For example, it’s hard to sue a lawyer for legal malpractice if you hire him or her the day that a complaint or other filing is due. That apparently isn’t the case in a recent...