How Do I Know If I Have A Legal Malpractice Case?
Unless you are a lawyer and understand the rules of professional responsibility, it can be difficult to know if you lost a case or a deal went bad because of attorney malfeasance. There are some telltale signs that your attorney may not be dealing straight with you. This page identifies some possible symptoms of legal malpractice.
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Signs That Your Attorney May Have Been Negligent
Attorney malfeasance happens more than you would expect. The challenge can be identifying wrongful conduct and taking appropriate steps to protect your interests.
The following events may be indicative that your lawyer is engaged in misconduct:
- Your lawyer won’t return your calls.
- Your lawyer keeps making promises that aren’t kept.
- Your lawyer starts missing deadlines for filing documents, including the statute of limitations.
- Your lawyer continually asks the court for a continuance (more time to prepare).
- You can’t get copies of any documents related to your case.
All of the above are only some of the many possible indications that you may be a victim of attorney misconduct. This can occur because an inexperienced lawyer took a case he or she did not know how to handle. It could, on the other hand, be a situation regardless of prior experience. Your lawyer simply was careless or negligent or failed to meet the standards of practice commonly accepted in the profession in your particular matter.
The attorneys of our firm can help you recognize these circumstances where you should consider filing a legal malpractice claim in New York.
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