Northern California Legal Malpractice Attorneys
Legal Malpractice
We seek assistance from attorneys when we need legal help, but the help we receive is not always reliable because, after all, even attorneys can make mistakes from time to time. When this happens, it usually causes what was an already bad situation to get worse. An attorney that fails to use the skill and attention of a reasonably careful attorney can be held liable for the harm he or she causes. Balamuth Harrington has successfully litigated cases against a multiple attorneys for missing statutes of limitations, giving bad business advice, and practicing in certain of areas of the law without having any proper training.
People hire attorneys to handle matters that they are not qualified to handle themselves. Professional malpractice occurs when a negligent act or omission by a professional results in damage or harm to a client. There are a number of situations which exemplify legal malpractice and/or negligence by an attorney, such as:
- Breaching a fiduciary duty to his or her client, by not acting in the client's best interest
- Obstruction of justice
- Billing fraud
- Malicious litigation
- Breaches of contract for services that the lawyer and the client signed
- Creation of faulty documentation
- Neglecting a deadline for filing papers with the court
- Errors resulting in a client's case being dismissed
- Presenting false evidence
In the United States, a majority of legal malpractice claims are filed by former clients who are unhappy with the result of their personal injury case outcomes, followed next by clients who had been involved in real estate matters.
In order to succeed in a Northern California legal malpractice case, the plaintiff must prove the following:
- That an attorney-client relationship existed
- That there was negligence (violation of the standard of professional conduct) in the client's legal representation
- That due to said negligence, a negative legal outcome resulted
Very few firms have the experience that we have handling these cases. If your prior legal matter ended poorly due to legal malpractice or lawyer negligence, please contact one of our skilled Northern California legal malpractice lawyers today.
Legal Malpractice Verdicts & Settlements:
Listed below are verdicts and settlements obtained by the Law Office of Balamuth Harrington on behalf of victims of legal malpractice:
Case Name: Richard Doe v. Law Firm
Recovery Range: $400,000 - $650,000
Case Name: Alfred Doe v. Defendant Attorney
Recovery Range: $400,000 - $650,000
Case Name: Christina Doe v. Law Firm
Recovery Range: $100,000 - $250,000
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