Legal Malpractice

Legal malpractice refers to the negligence or misconduct of a legal professional while representing a client. This negligence can harm the client's case or rights. Understanding this type of professional malpractice is important to protect oneself when seeking legal...

When you hire an attorney to represent your interests, you expect their loyalty to your best interests above all else. Sometimes, their own interests or obligations to others get in the way. These conflicts of interest can undermine the strength of your case. Divided...

People generally go to an attorney when they believe that someone has wronged them somehow, and they hope that the attorney can assist them with receiving compensation for their inconvenience. Therefore, many people might not be aware that their legal advisors may...

The average person struggles with complex mathematics. When you have to add legal compliance and knowledge of tax code and other financial regulations into the mix, the complex arithmetic required likely exceeds the comfort level and capability of the average adult....

When a lawyer represents you in any legal matter, they must not act recklessly and jeopardize the outcome of your case. Most people are not legal experts, making it hard for them to hold an attorney accountable for malpractice, much less recognize it when it happens....

An attorney’s peers, the state bar association, and their clients all hold these legal professionals to high standards. A failure to meet these standards can, in some situations, lead to allegations of legal malpractice. This basically means that the attorney’s...

While most lawyers you’ll meet will act as though they are the best, the smartest and the most effective at what they do, this is not always the case. There are attorneys who are negligent in any number of ways. As noted in a previous blog post, there are a number of...

When two parties have a conflict, it’s extremely common to settle the case before it reaches a court. In fact, the majority of cases are settled by the parties’ attorneys and don’t make it to the litigation stage. But sometimes, an attorney will pressure their client...

Southern California is an immensely vibrant and busy area when it comes to commercial activity. Proven business principals and enterprising startup entrepreneurs are at the forefront of an economic dynamism that is unrivaled in depth and scope anywhere else in the...

You’ve probably encountered people in the legal profession who act like they know everything there is to know. However, despite how attorneys with big egos portray themselves, most recognize that they have significant gaps in their knowledge. This is why lawyers often...