Florida residents may know Lenny Dykstra from his days playing baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies. However, he has recently pursued legal action against lawyers who represented him in a case stemming from an incident in 2012. The legal malpractice suit against...
Month: October 2019
Settlement options are always the client’s call
When clients hire lawyers in Florida and across the country, they expect that their cases will be handled professionally, properly, and with their best interests in mind. However, sometimes a lawyer will drop the ball on your case, resulting in legal malpractice. One...
Defense lawyer accused of conflict in sexual abuse case
A Florida attorney is being accused of a conflict of interest in a case where a pastor is facing criminal charges of child sexual abuse. The pastor allegedly hired a defense attorney who had previously engaged in a romantic relationship with the pastor's accuser in...
Statutes of limitation and legal malpractice
Lawsuits that are filed in the state of Florida may be subject to statutes of limitation. A statute of limitation is the deadline by which an individual must file a lawsuit or potentially lose the right to do so forever. For instance, the statute of limitations in a...
Does your attorney’s error justify a legal malpractice lawsuit?
Lawyers are human. Humans make mistakes. In officiating, law enforcement, marketing, business, and day to day life, mistakes are a part of the human condition. Was your lawyers mistake so egregious that a legal malpractice lawsuit must be filed?Well, that’s the...
How to determine if legal malpractice occurred
Attorney malpractice can have major ramifications for a client in Florida. However, just because an attorney makes a bad decision doesn't mean that the error was egregious in any way. When determining if an attorney committed malpractice, it's important to figure out...
Court upholds plaintiff’s right to sue divorce attorney
An attorney hired to represent someone in Florida owes fiduciary duties to the client. According to Chron, one of these duties is confidentiality. In other words, an attorney generally cannot share information about a client except in two specific...
What are an attorney’s fiduciary duties?
When you hire an attorney in Florida, you are placing him or her in a position of trust. You count on your attorney to represent your interests in court in a way that you are not able to do. This makes your attorney a fiduciary, i.e., someone with the authority to act...
Attorney sued by man’s children
People who live in Florida often are in need of the services of an attorney. The need for legal counsel can range from business affairs to more personal matters like an adoption, a divorce, an estate plan or something else. Regardless of the type of law an attorney...
Is it legal malpractice?
If you have ever had the need to seek the advice and services of an attorney in Florida, you may have wondered how to effectively select a lawyer. One of the concerns people sometimes have when they need to hire a lawyer is how they can find a professional that will...