Here is a Florida case whcih discusses the obligation between attorneys on a fee split, and the difference between an attorney split and a fee owed by the client. Here, attorney 1 referred the case to attorney 2, and was then terminated. Result? Attorney 2 owes a specific percentage to Attorney 1.
"An appellate court…
"After a Preston Hollow, Texas, neighbor complained that his son’s pet donkey was a loud nuisance, Dallas lawyer C. Gregory Shamoun brought the donkey, known as Buddy, into a courtroom on Wednesday to attempt to prove to a jury that the burro’s not. When the suit went to trial on Wednesday, Buddy…
Here is a legal malpractice case in which it is alleged that defendant attorney spoke with the upcoming judge at at coctail party, and was told that the judge would let plaintiff have only 5 days of trial. As a result, it is alleged that plaintiff settled the case rather than try it in so…
This case falls in the "just can”t explain it" category.
Attorney represents plaintiff and obviously had problems. Client sues attorney in legal malpractice, and attorney defaults on trial. He then defaults on inquest of which he had notice. He then fails to do anything about a settled judgment.
Only after entry of judgment does he…
Here is a reported case in which the case against defendant was dismissed after openings. This occurrence is rare, rare, rare. Worse yet, plaintiff suffered complete dismissal at the end of plaintiff’s case. What was counsel doing and thinking??
"Plaintiff’s opening statement failed to make out a prima facie case of negligence against the driver…
Plaintiff in this personal injury action litigated it correctly right up to trial. However, it then fell completely apart. Trial attorney hired about a week prior to trial, and was not exactly ready. Request for an adjournment denied, case dismissed. The decision places the fault squarely with plaintiff’s attorney. Is this Legal Malpractice?
"Whether to…
This case illustrates two things: real estate leases in commercial transactions can have great consequences, and, a contract cause of action for legal malpractice can succeed hugely.
"A lawyer who is now with Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads was hit with a legal malpractice verdict of more than $6.6 million in a suit brought against…
Our Outside Counsel column in today’s NYLJ is on "The Defense of Collectibility in Legal Malpractice"
Here is a portion. For the entire article, see today’s NYLJ:
The Defense of ‘Collectibility’ in Legal Malpractice
By Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
New York Law Journal
April 20, 2007
One of the many wrinkles in legal malpractice…
Hinshaw writes today about a federal worker’s compensation attorney fee issue which applies to all attorney fee disputes: block billing and 1/4 hour minimum billing, both of which led to a reduction by the court:
"Brief Summary
The Ninth Circuit reviewed the guidelines applicable to court-awarded attorney fees in ERISA litigation. Among other things, the…
Not legal malpractice, but about legal fees.
Associate intercepts calls, moves clients around, takes away business, indicted, convicted, jailed.
Now, the litigation is about lost clients. Here is the Appellate Decision.
