Legal Malpractice Triggered After Conflict of Interest is Discovered
The United States District Court of the Southern District of New York recently disqualified the law firm of Holland & Knight from representing a plaintiff, First NBC Bank, in a lawsuit against Murex, LLC. Allegedly, Murex sold bogus receivables to First NBC. Murex moved to disqualify Holland & Knight as First NBC’s counsel in the […]
ISBA Brought a Declaratory Judgment in a Legal Malpractice Case Regarding Professional Liability Insurance
Recently, the Illinois State Bar Association brought a declaratory judgement action against one of its members in Indiana federal court. The ISBA seeks a ruling that frees them from defending the member from claims in an underlying suit. The underlying suit accuses the member, Patricia Sharkey, of legal malpractice. The suit involves the construction of […]
Judge Rules in Favor of Law Firm for Attorney Fee Dispute in Legal Malpractice Case
Following the trial, a Cook County Circuit Court ruled in favor of Ungaretti & Harris, a Chicago Law Firm. The trial revolved around a fee dispute with its former client, the Gidwitz family. The Gidwitz family hired the firm to represent them against the city of Joliet in several lawsuits. The lawsuits involved a low-income […]
US District Court Rules on “Claims Made” Legal Malpractice Claim
The United States District Court of the Northern District of Ohio sided with a professional liability insurance carrier in a declaratory judgment action. Because the lawyer failed to report a legal malpractice claim within the policy period, the insurance carrier denied coverage. Gonakis Receives a Legal Malpractice Letter The attorney, Spiro Gonakis, represented Rolvow LLC […]
New York Court of Appeals Sanctions a Plaintiff’s Attorney for Pursuing a Needless Legal Malpractice Claim
A New York appeals court recently sanctioned a plaintiff’s attorney in a legal malpractice case as a result of the court’s finding that the legal malpractice plaintiff’s attorney continued to pursue a legal malpractice claim despite “clear evidence” from the record that the claim had no basis. In the underlying case, the plaintiff had been […]
Legal Malpractice Negligence Case
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear an appeal on a legal malpractice negligence case. The case involves the Indiana Tort Claims Act and negligence claims brought against local municipalities. Lucy Mundia hired the Drendall Law Office to pursue claims against St. Joseph County and the City of South Bend for releasing her husband from […]
Clients Sue Disability Attorney for Legal Malpractice After Attorney Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Case
Former clients of Eric Conn, a Social Security lawyer, are suing him in a class-action. Conn pleaded guilty to bribing a social security judge. He also submitted falsified medical information to secure benefits for his clients over many years. The Social Security Administration identified nearly 1,500 of Conn’s former clients for re-determination hearings. Less than […]
Collusion Over Cameras: New York Legal Malpractice Triggered Over Deceit
A New York federal judge ruled that a lawyer and his firm may be sued under the state’s attorney deceit statute. Allegedly, false statements were made during the lawsuit. According to U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty, such a suit could go forward. The suit may proceed even if there was no pattern of misrepresentation on […]
Statute of Limitations Misunderstanding Leads to Legal Malpractice
A Louisiana man is suing a Texas law firm and two of its partners for failing to timely pursue workers’ compensation and third-party liability claims related to injuries sustained by the man while working on an oil rig. On April 16, 2014, Glenn Price suffered injuries while working on an offshore oil rig in Louisiana […]
US 7th Circuit Dismisses Case Due to Attorney Neglect
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal with prejudice of plaintiff’s case against the Bayer Corporation citing the inexcusable neglect of plaintiff’s attorneys in failing to comply with court orders concerning discovery. Plaintiff Jennifer Dzik, represented by the law firm Berke, Berke & Berke, brought of one of multiple […]