Continue Reading Ann “Malpractice” Smith

We reported in April that this case was on hold. Now its on the move. Details.

Here is the story of attorney who was retained by decedent’s girl friend to prepare a will in her favor. He does so, and other persons arrange for signature. Its returned to attorney all signed an finished. Now the kin sue for legal malpractice. Two problems: privity and proximity. This situation comes up frequently. When…

Here are the full details from the New York Law Journal on the Epstein Becker Green legal malpractice dismissal

The NYLJ today reports that a legal malpractice case against Epstein Becker Green has been dismissed. JHO Gammerman’s decision that it had a fiduciary duty to HF Management was reversed, and if no fiduciary duty, no legal malpractice. Details in the NYLJ today.

This is not a legal malpractice case, or better put, not yet. Wexler & Burkhart were stopped from an inquest on legal fees until they provided proofs of compliance with Rule 137. often, when the fee dispute matures, a claim of legal malpractice is made. It is somethimes, but not always reflexive. Often, the claimed…

The headline was startling: Sword Attacker questions Attorney’s sidework. The gist: Sword attacker Dion Goodell, who is serving a sentence for slicing someone’s wrists with a long sword, questioned whether his attorney, who writes appeals on his own time, and with his own legal malpractice coverage, had done him wrong. Question is still open. Details.…

Plaintiff was the wife in a divorce. Defendant Antokol & Coffin was the law firm who represented her. Her legal malpractice case turned on the lack of a second valuation witness. Law firm countercliams for legal fees. Legal malpractice action is dismissed on basis that plaintiff failed to present an affidavit from a second valuation…