Law Practice
Jan. 17, 2019
Top 2018 cases involving attorneys as defendants
While 2018 may not have distinguished itself as a landmark year for cases concerning attorneys as defendants, it did lay the groundwork for some fundamental changes which will affect attorneys in the years to come.
Kenneth C. Feldman
Partner
Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Certified Specialist in Legal Malpractice
633 W 5th St Ste 4000
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Phone: (213) 250-1800
Fax: (213) 250-7900
Email: Ken.Feldman@lewisbrisbois.com
Loyola Law School
Kenneth is firm-wide chair of the legal malpractice defense group at Lewis Brisbois. He is a certified specialist, legal malpractice law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, and is vice chair of the State Bar Legal Malpractice Law Advisory Commission. Mr. Feldman is the author of "California Legal Malpractice & Malicious Prosecution Liability Handbook."
Alex A. Graft
Partner
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Email: alex.graft@lewisbrisbois.com
Alex is a certified specialist in legal malpractice law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He represents a wide range of professionals in addition to defending lawyers.
While 2018 may not have distinguished itself as a landmark year for cases concerning attorneys as defendants, it did lay the groundwork for some fundamental changes which will affect attorneys in the years to come. As has been common in recent years, appellate courts in 2018 dealt with the causation standard in cases involving malpractice claims, the question of when the statute of limitations for claims against attorneys are triggered, the extent to which an undisclo...
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