Legal Malpractice



Legal malpractice occurs when a lawyer fails to render competent professional service to a client and the client is damages as a result of the failure. The three major theories of liability are negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract. To prove malpractice, i.e., to establish your lawyer's liability, you must prove that your lawyer owed you a duty to represent you competently, that he or she made a mistake or otherwise breached the duty owed to you, and that your lawyer's mistake harmed you, causing you damages. Additionally, you must file your lawsuit within the statutory time period or "statute of limitations" established by state law for legal malpractice claims. Please read on to find a legal malpractice lawyer, attorney or access more information.

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Is my lawyer guilty og legal malpractice
My attorney and several of his friends decided to go into business together. each member played a role to obtain their shares legal work for shares,accounting for shares ect. A corporation was formed. For personal reasons I decided to have my shares put in my daughters name, however before the shares were issued she left the company ( resigned ). I depended on the attorney to amend the corp files but he never did. he was notified recently about a large sum of money held by the state of florida uncollected funds. he made a claim for the funds and split it with the accountant and never notified other shareholders. My daughter also go a big portion of another large check because he failed to take her off the corporate file. no shares were ever issued and the corporation disolved because he did not file proper corp papers. he used a bogus tax reurn to collect the money from the state plus many more even disturbing violations, so far lost over 90 grand
In Florida can a police officer write in a police report for an unrelated issue, that a man was Bake
While investigating a police matter for a completely unrelated issue, and filing a report that never resulted in any charges, the officer makes note of a prior Baker Act (an issue of medical record) of an individual that was not divulged by the individual, thus making it public knowledge as the report is a public record. Is this legal, and as it shows up on thorough background checks, can it be expunged?
what action can i take when my atorney did not do what they told me they would do
they would file a motion to strike, ... in october 2012, i learned today they didnt do that, and i called almost every week, they told me they were waiting for opposing counsel to reply, seems they had an anwser on october 23 rd but didnt do anything with it, i was also not informed
I had a case for a slip and fall going on for 41/2 yrs. The firm was sold, and the new firm told me
There were 3 parties involved. I was told that one of the parties couldn't be located, that was one of the reasons it was taking long. I called periodically to get updates on my case. At one point through the new firm that one of the named parties back in Jan. tried to respond to the court summons, and was told that the case was dismissed a year & a half ago, because my lawyer didn't follow up. The new firm told me that it would be considered legal malpractice, and there were a few people that were in the same situation. I really need help on this because due to that incident, that happened almost 5 years ago, I was forced to go on disability, and now permanent disability.
Can I sue for Legal Malpractice
My trial attorney cost me 7 plus years of my life because he rushed my case to trial without any investigations, and he did not call any experts, even though two were critical. He is also ineffective counsel because his error during trial caused the outcome of trial to be different. It is documented he needed more time to prepare for trial, but he failed to get a trial postponement. He breached his written contract by not doing any investigations and by not calling any experts at trial.
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Legal Malpractice Lawyer Web Sites
 
 -  New York Law - Sepe & O'mahony, PLLC
 -  Kern County Law - Thompson Law
 -  Maui County Attorney - Tateishi & Pascual, Attorneys A Law Corporation
 -  New York Law - Barasch Mcgarry Salzman & Penson PC
 -  Salem Attorney - Harris, Wyatt & Amala, LLC