Legal Malpractice Attorneys
San Francisco Bay Area — Walnut Creek — Oakland
People depend on their lawyers for sound advice, timely responses and honest and ethical behavior. When attorneys do not provide legal services in a manner consistent with their duty to their clients, they may be held liable for legal malpractice. At The Law Offices of Hinton Alfert Sumner & Kaufmann, our attorneys advocate for people who have been wronged by the negligence of an attorney or law firm. We have been able to obtain compensation for the damages clients sustained as a result of legal malpractice.
Our attorneys have prevailed in legal malpractice cases involving wills and trusts, contracts, personal injury, divorce and family law and employment law. We firmly believe that the California legal profession is not immune to unprofessional and illegal conduct and should police itself by holding offending attorneys accountable.
Determining Legal Malpractice
A lawyer may have committed legal malpractice if his or her actions were:
- In violation of the accepted standard of professional conduct
- The cause of a negative legal outcome
- The cause of significant damages to the client
Our lawyers will examine the situation to determine whether the attorney's behavior may constitute legal malpractice. Losing a case does not mean that the lawyer was negligent. The loss must have been the result of negligence that caused harm to the client and violated legal ethics and standards of conduct.
Examples of Legal Malpractice
Legal malpractice cases arise from actions such as:
- Missing the relevant statute of limitations
- Committing mistakes that resulted in dismissal of a case
- Misappropriating client funds
- Abandoning the client's case
- Breaching the attorney-client privilege
- Using undue influence that hurts a client's case
- Writing incorrect or inaccurate legal documents
For additional information about legal malpractice, complete the form to contact a Walnut Creek legal malpractice lawyer or call 877-639-1737 toll free.
