When you are injured in an accident that was someone else’s fault, the legal system provides a pathway to seek compensation for your medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering. However, this pathway is not open indefinitely. In Florida, as in all states, there...
Statute of Limitations
A missed legal deadline can gravely harm a client’s interests
When something is important enough to seek the representation of a lawyer, you expect professionalism, skill, knowledge and the ability to help you reach your goals or fix your problem. What you do not anticipate is that legal counsel could make a basic mistake that...
Protecting client interests includes meeting legal deadlines
Few legal matters are without deadlines. Both in and out of court, an attorney’s duty of care to their clients includes completing filing, notice, service and other legal acts on time in accord with required legal deadlines. The most obvious example is missing the...
Missing a legal filing deadline may seem minor, but it could cost you
When you retain a lawyer to represent you in a lawsuit or other legal matter, you have the reasonable expectation that the attorney will protect your interests and carry out their professional responsibilities to you with due care. Certainly, you should not have to...

