Growing number of pelvic mesh plaintiffs now suing attorneys
We surmise that many California readers of our Los Angeles legal malpractice blogs at Glickman & Glickman are not strangers to the material details surrounding the long and sad saga of pelvic mesh...
View ArticleAttorney wrath: recipe for an explosion, not client success
Message to quick-to-anger California attorneys: Your propensity for wrath in legal matters is far more than personally destructive. More importantly, it almost certainly works to the detriment of your...
View ArticleWill mitigating factors lessen CA State Bar attorney punishment?
A responsive answer to the above blog query can be expressed in a single word. Namely, that is “sometimes.” It is not always the case that mitigation plays a key role in a California attorney’s...
View ArticleCA attorney discipline: What types of punishment can be ordered?
California has more actively practicing attorneys than any other state in the country. As can be clearly seen by any reader scanning even a few of our blog posts at the long-tenured Los Angeles legal...
View ArticlePlaintiffs respond to law firm’s representation with a lawsuit
Spokespersons for national law firm Jones Day unsurprisingly term the volunteer work that firm attorneys do on a so-called “pro bono” basis as routinely first-rate and even exceptional. Two...
View ArticleHere’s an obvious malpractice concern for CA legal regulators
Message from the California State Bar to practicing attorneys across the state: client money remitted in reliance on your legal representation better be going to you, not a non-attorney. Fee splitting...
View ArticleKey legal malpractice factor spotlighted: the “but for” element
Say that you’re a California resident having what you reasonably believe to be a strong legal claim against a third party for some alleged act of wrongdoing that caused you harm. Notwithstanding the...
View ArticleCourt cites plaintiff’s laxity in pursuing legal malpractice claim
We pose a pointed question to California readers of our legal malpractice blog at the long-established Los Angeles law firm of Glickman & Glickman. We directly ask this on a relevant website page:...
View ArticleWhen does a CA client have a valid concern re a lawyer’s billing?
As a long-established and proven legal malpractice law firm that exclusively represents aggrieved clients of California attorneys, we cut straight to the chase concerning lawyers’ billing duties. In...
View ArticleCA State Bar matter spotlights attorney’s trust account violation
Attorney conduct in California that falls below a designated standard of care for clients covers a lot of ground. A lawyer’s performance can harm a client when it proceeds from a clear conflict of...
View ArticleEstablishing legal malpractice: connecting the dots
Here’s a hypothetical to ponder. Say that you’re a California resident who has retained an attorney to represent you in a legal matter (that aptly describes many of our readers, of course).The quality...
View ArticleHow can a CA resident steer clear of a bad-faith attorney?
Sometimes it takes a bit of proactive doing. That is the bottom line applicable in select instances where a would-be or actual California client has strong misgivings about whether an attorney is...
View ArticleWhat is the most common legal malpractice claim?
Attorneys in California and elsewhere whose client representation results in claims of legal malpractice commit a variety of sins. Some of their shortcomings that spawn client harm include these lapses...
View ArticleSpotlighting CA attorney behavior leading to disbarment
The State Bar of California has a bag of tools that personify well a proverbial carrot-and-stick approach. On the one hand, many individuals who apply themselves diligently during an arduous period of...
View ArticleHow do you know if your lawyer has a conflict of interest?
There’s something daunting about the idea of hiring a lawyer. The law can sometimes read like a foreign language, riddled with traps and pitfalls. You may have a lot riding on the matter. You might...
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