Maryland Court Disallows Long-Delayed Legal Bill
This is case is worth reading because it involved a law firm that did legal work for a client for a period 12 years, but never billed the client. The firm claimed that it had entered into an oral...
View ArticleARDC Files Complaint Against Lawyer Who Failed to Prevent Conversion by His...
This case (which is merely a complaint now that has not been proven) is a reminder that an attorney can be prosecuted by the ARDC for failing to safeguard client funds when he personally did not...
View ArticleAttorney’s Collection Lawsuit Does Not Bar Later Malpractice Claim
This issue comes up every now and then. An attorney files a collection lawsuit against a client and obtains a judgment against the client. (Here the client did not appear and a default judgment was...
View ArticleKentucky Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Legal Malpractice Lawsuit...
An estate hired a lawyer to act as the co-executor of the estate. The lawyer was paid on a percentage basis – 3% of the gross amount of the Estate. (In Illinois this type of payment arrangement is...
View ArticleNew Jersey Court Shoots Down Legal Malpractice Claim Asserted As A Defense to...
One question which comes up frequently is whether a client can sue his former lawyer for legal malpractice based on what the client believes is an inflated legal bill. A legal fee dispute is...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Rejects “Legal Fee” Claim Filed by Non-Lawyer
The case is captioned Robert Iuffues Webb II v. Janice Holmes, 2018 IL App (3d) 170167. Webb, who is not licensed to practice law, alleged that he had assisted Holmes with certain federal litigation....
View ArticleNew York Court Holds Fee-Sharing Agreement Is Enforceable Despite Technical...
One issue that arises frequently is whether an agreement between two lawyers to share fees on a case is enforceable. Rule 1.5(e) provides that: (e) A division of a fee between lawyers who are not in...
View ArticleDivorce Firm Sues For Fees – And Receives Legal Malpractice Counterclaim In...
The case is pending in New York. A divorce firm sued its former client for fees. She promptly brought a legal malpractice claim. The trial court refused to dismiss the counterclaim. It held: “With...
View ArticleLaw Firm’s Failure to Locate “Prior Art” Sufficient to Allege Legal...
This case, Ostrolenk Faber LLP v. Sakar International, Inc., 2019 NY Slip Op 31303(U), holds that a counterclaim for legal malpractice against an intellectual property firm stated a claim. Sakar...
View ArticleIdaho Supreme Court Reinstates Claim Against Divorce Lawyer
In Parkinson v. Bevis, (Docket No. 46269), the Idaho Supreme Court reinstated an equitable disgorgement action filed by a client against her former divorce attorney. Parkinson filed a claim for breach...
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