Here is a case from California, reported by Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP: “Lawyer’s Failure to Advise of Non-Representation Created Issue of Fact Regarding Continued Representation
Gabriela Gonzalez vs. Emelikei Kalu, 140 Cal. App. 4th 21, 43 Cal. Rptr. 3rd 866 (June 2006)
The defendant attorney agreed to handle plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim against her employer.…
From the NYLJ: “A Manhattan appellate court has dismissed a legal malpractice suit on behalf of an elderly man who claimed his lawyers misled him into signing away control of his estate, but a dissenting judge said the majority’s decision “risks undermining the confidence of the public in the profession.”
Jack E. Maurer, who died…
It is the general rule in the US that a client may end the attorney-client relationship for any reason, good or bad. After the client ends the relationship, it is for a court to determine whether the termination was for cause or without cause.
Continue Reading The End of the Attorney-Client Relationship
Here is an interesting blog blurb by Cassandra Crotty on two different state views on lawyer’s liability to third-parties [no privity – they were not clients. One is from Illinois and one from Oregon. Blurb.
“Today’s installment of “Your Courts, Their Secrets,” a Seattle Times investigation of inappropriate secrecy in Washington courts” reveals stories that otherwise would never have come to light. One includes a hidden rogue teacher incident. Others, like this story, involves legal actions that keep the public from knowing what government is doing. Other stories have dealt…
In days past Boston was known for mayors who served from inside jail. Here is a story in a similar vein. The leader in this judicial campaign may be kept off the bench for a legal malpractice/disciplinary problem.
“A deal struck with a southwest Alabama circuit judge candidate in a disciplinary action concerning his handling…
Lora Kojovic, divorced from Neal Goldman found out one month after signing a divorce settlement that her former husband’s company was worth $18 million. She tried to vacate the settlement, and has now lost in the Appellate Division.
Justice Sullivan says that “The Wife has only herself to blame for her failure to inquire further.”…
Client was awarded $245,000 in a medical malpractice case. Good? Shortly afterwards, this attorney is said to have taken the proceeds and left town. Details.
Anthony Lin in the NYLJ writes that:
“The church group suing Weil, Gotshal & Manges for allegedly steering it into a “disastrous” bankruptcy is accusing the firm of withholding from discovery e-mail correspondence of the partner who led the 2004 Chapter 11 filing. The St. Louis-based National Benevolent Association, which sued Weil Gotshal in…
Bronx family hires out of state attorney in a big negligence case. He works with Bronx attorney. After successful settlement, the AD says that Bronx attorney should be sanctioned for his behavior.
“A Bronx judge has sanctioned a personal injury lawyer and his firm $15,000 over their attempts to keep a $574,000 attorney’s fee for…
