Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP  reports an Ohio Collectability case.  Here, no reduction for uncollectability.  Ohio Appellate Court Rejects Collectability in Underlying Case as Limit on Recovery in Legal Malpractice Action

Paterek v. Peterson & Ibold, 2006 WL 2337483 (Ohio App. 11 Dist. 2006)

In this 2-1 appellate court decision, the majority held that the trial…

Plaintiff loses employment discrimination case due to legal malpractice.  Bad so far?  Plaintiff sues her attorney.  Her attorney defaults on discovery responsbilities, defaults on appearances, generally tries to screw around.  Plaintiff gets default judgment against attorney.  Getting a little better?

Attorney suffers default judgment and files bankruptcy.  Held, in this case, the default judgment…

Reported all over the news today, Barry Scheck and his partners settled a legal malpractice law suit for the sum of $ 900,000.  This case went to the Court of Appeals which ruled that Scheck timely filed the suit, but verified it himself, rather than obtaining a plaintiff verification.  The plaintiff had been wrongfully convicted…

We’ve just recently passed Halloween.  Children of all ages dressed up and caused widespread fright.  But jurors??  Here is a story of a appellate court candidate who is noted for having jurors dress up for Halloween while sitting on a legal malpractice case.  The story

Here is a story from Sullivan County telling of a revolving door for attorneys in an architectural malpractice suit.  "Sullivan West has fired two attorneys’ firms handling a number of lawsuits associated with the construction of the Lake Huntington campus. On Thursday night, the board dismissed Westchester attorney John Osborn, who was handling the district’s…

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP  reports a change in DC disciplinary rules.

 "The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has announced amendments to the District of Columbia RPCs. Effective February 1, 2007, the District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct will allow the disclosure of confidential information when a lawyer’s services have been used to further…

The Jockey’s Guild has brought a legal malpractice case against its attorney.  They cite a default judgment and other losing tactics.

 "The Jockey’s Guild has filed a lawsuit against the organization’s former legal counsel claiming he and others were negligent in their responsibilities to protect the financial interests of the Guild and its 1,300 member-jockeys…

Accountant malpractice is very similar to legal malpractice.  Continuous representation is one aspect.  Here is an Appellate reversal of a New York County Supreme Court case where Justice Kornreich found continuous representation, but the AD reversed in Booth v. Kriegel.

"Accountant I. Stanley Kriegel admits that for 17 straight years he failed to advise his…