Continuous representation of a client by the attorney acts as a toll of the statute of limitations.  In New York, a legal malpractice cause of action accrues at the time of the mistake, but a client is not expcted to fire the attorney and sue, so long as the attorney continues to represent the client in the…

As the commentator says, trying a legal malpractice case as a pro-se is difficult, and a poor choice.  This case was about publicity and litigation.  Pro-se seems not to have opposed a motion for summary judgment, and lost her legal malpractice case.

:Filing a legal malpractice claim pro se is not the best idea.

Norman B. Arnoff and Susan Jacobs’recent article in the NYLJ reviewes three cases with new or novel legal malpractice allegations. They are  Ideal Steel Supply Corp.v. Beil, Grochocinski v. Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP, and Trautenberg v. Paul Weiss Rikind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

We reported on each of these cases, but the…

This is not an entirely new phenominon, nor totally unexpected, but this article relates how carriers and excess carriers are starting to bring legal malpractice law suits after unsuccessful [in this case read: payout] outcomes.

Author: Baldwin, Susan McParland; Breen, Lisa C.

"Malpractice suits by insurance companies against their defense attorneys are increasing. There are…

This is not strictly legal malpractice, but we wanted to report on this new statute.  Indiscriminate use of youthful offender, or other sealed records of ACDs, dismissals are a frequent problem for attorneys.  What are the rules?  When do these arrest [but not conviction] records surface?  What does a parent do for a kid who…

This Law.Com article describes a star attorney who is now a defendant in a legal malpractice suit in Washington DC. 

"Renowned Washington, D.C., litigator Michele Roberts has the kind of reputation that makes other attorneys salivate with envy.

"She mesmerized juries," says Wiley Rein partner Barbara Van Gelder, who worked for the U.S. Attorney’s Office…

David Dorfman was a legal malpractice defendant, and then got on the bad side of Federal Judge Denise Cote.  He did not pay the judgment, and eventually, Judge Cote referred the case to the US Attorney.  Here is the result from the NYLJ:

"Attorney Pleads Guilty to Contempt of Court

A lawyer who violated a…

A fee arbitration notice is an absolute condition precedent, and must have been given to the client before starting an attorney fee lawsuit.  Here is a case from today in which a client "wins" the County bar fee arbitration, and the attorney seeks a de novo trial, only to have the case dismissed.

"PLAINTIFF LAW…