Arizona Legal Malpractice Law (2015)
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- Categories:
- Civil Litigation
- Author:
- Barry Lance Entrekin
- Copyright:
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2015
- Number of Pages:
- 148
Description
This treatise concerns cases where clients sue their attorney, alleging under one or more legal theories that the attorney’s error or omission (or in less common cases, intentional conduct), has caused them recoverable damages. During a recent four-year period, every legal malpractice claim study shows real estate, plaintiff’s personal injury and family law as the three largest categories and making up half or more of all claims. Preparing, filing and transmission of documents (not including pleadings) made up the largest share of all claims, while erroneous legal advice was second.
Contents:
- Lawsuits Against Attorneys By Clients
- Causes of Action for Clients
- Negligence
- Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- Fraud
- Causes of Action for the Non-Client
- Negligence
- Breach of Fiduciary duty
- Intentional Torts
- Vicarious Liability
- Causation
- Damages
- Statutes of Limitation/Other Defenses
- Recurring Issues
- Brief Overview of Attorneys' Professional Liability Insurance
Author
Barry Lance Entrekin Related Seminars and Products
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is a native of Arizona and attended the University of Arizona where he received his Bachelor of Science and Masters in Business Administration. He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Southern California. Lance Entrekin founded The Entrekin Law Firm in 1998 and is one of a few leading litigators and scholars in the area of legal malpractice in the country. He is the sole author of the national treatise Legal Malpractice Litigation (Bloomberg BNA). He has defended law firms, brought claims against law firms, acted as a mediator, and acted as an expert witness in legal malpractice cases throughout the United Sates for nearly three decades. He has authored regional treatises in the area of legal malpractice and also published articles in the area of legal malpractice. He is lead counsel on a number of appellate decisions and has extensive first chair trial experience in this area of the law.