When an attorney causes harm to a client through negligent behavior or breach of contract, it is known as legal malpractice. Something as small as an attorney not filing a paper promptly can be seen as malpractice.
The purpose of legal malpractice insurance is to cover all or some of the legal costs of an attorney, who is being sued by a former client for malpractice.
Legal Malpractice Insurance is coverage specifically for professionals practicing in the legal field
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Legal malpractice attorneys prosecute other lawyers that are incompetent or negligent. Legal malpractice firms represent clients that claim their lawyer has not settled their case to the best of their ability.
No
The term legal malpractice means negligence and breach of contract by a lawyer towards their client. One must prove that errors made were ones that no competent lawyer could make to have a case of legal malpractice.
There is an article on the Expert Law site titled Legal Malpractice Law and Litigation http://www.expertlaw.com/library/malpractice/legal_malpractice.html. It covers topics including what malpractice is and proving malpractice. Another article is on MyLawyer.com http://www.mylawyer.com/attorney/malpractice.htm that covers attorney discipline and malpractice. A third reference on legal malpractice can be found on Lawyers.com http://legal-malpractice.lawyers.com/. It has malpractice articles, FAQs and forums. There are several online resources for attorney malpractice information. You can always chek an attorneys record with the local bar association.
Are there any lawyers in the Harrisburg pa. area that will take, on. a Legal Malpractice Suit?
I think there was no need legal malpractice insurance for lawyers in Wichita, KS. You can get the more information about this from the following website wichita.citysearch.com
Jo Ann Felix has written: 'A lawyer's guide to legal malpractice insurance' -- subject(s): Lawyers, Malpractice, Malpractice Insurance
The practitioner of almost any 'professional' occupation can commit malpractice by failing to perform their duties correctly. As an example - the definition for LEGAL malpractice follows: Legal malpractice is the failure of an attorney to follow the accepted standards of practice of his or her profession, resulting in harm to the client. Usually, proof of failure to comply with accepted standards of legal practice requires the testimony of someone with expertise in law practice. Some states have special evidentiary rules applicable to malpractice claims.
No. New York does not have any requirement that a lawyer or law firm carry malpractice insurance.