Professional Malpractice

While most everyone would prefer not to think about it, it wasn't that long ago that both the residential and commercial real estate markets here in the U.S. were in undeniably poor shape with record foreclosures, high vacancy rates and abandoned construction...

While most people might think that legal malpractice claims are something of a rarity, this is far from the case. Indeed, statistics have shown that anywhere from 5 to 6 percent of all private attorneys in the U.S. face some manner legal malpractice claim each...

While most people are already well aware that those who earn a living as attorneys, physicians, dentists or pharmacists are subject to certain rules of professional conduct as promulgated by the various states in which they practice, they might be unaware that other...

When a person is faced with the possibility of having to retain the services of an attorney, it's frequently because certain traumatic events have transpired that are damaging from either from a financial or a medical perspective. Indeed, it's not uncommon for this...

Florida residents who are dissatisfied with the job that their attorney is doing for them may think about filing a legal malpractice claim. However, it may be difficult for a person without legal training to understand whether or not their attorney has committed...

Earlier this week, we began discussing how the average shareholder must understand that both the directors they elect to govern the corporation and the officers these directors appoint to run its operations can be held legally accountable for corporate malfeasance --...

When it comes to the structure of the modern corporation, it is essentially three-tiered, consisting of directors, officers and, of course, shareholders. As to the roles fulfilled by each of these players, the directors are responsible for creating a governing policy...

In a series of ongoing posts, we've been discussing how clients, attorneys, quasi-judicial officers, judges or even the Florida Bar's Attorney Consumer Assistance Program can all file complaints with local professionalism panels alleging unprofessional conduct by...

People in Jacksonville in need of legal help naturally expect that their attorney will represent them to the best of their ability. After all, usually those who find themselves in a position where they have to pursue a lawsuit are already facing a good deal of stress....

When it comes to the issue of legal malpractice, many people invariably conjure up thoughts of solo practitioners making critical errors in cases owing to a crippling workload, inexperience, negligence or some combination thereof.While it's true that solo...