Avoid the Accidental Attorney-Client Relationship
The attorney-client relationship gives rise to unique obligations and duties by an attorney to that client. For that reason, generally speaking, an attorney cannot be liable at law to those outside the limited class of people to whom the attorney owes a legal duty to exercise ordinary care, skill and diligence in the performance of professional services. In most cases, this means that an attorney owes a duty to his or her clients to perform legal service in accordance with th
How an Attorney Should Handle a Mistake
Although there are steps that attorneys can take to reduce the likelihood of making an error, mistakes still happen in the course of an attorney-client relationship. An attorney might miss a tax lien during a title search or fail to take a certain action within the applicable statute of limitation. The attorney could make an error in procedure, foreclosing certain grounds on an appeal. Every attorney makes a mistake at some time during practice. How an attorney responds in th
