TwitterFacebookGoogle+LinkedinPrintEmail The Most Common Types of Legal Malpractice Claims The American Bar Association (ABA), in its 2010 Law Practice publication titled “The Most Common Legal Malpractice Claims”1 set out the types of legal errors that are serious enough t
The Most Common Types of Legal Malpractice Claims
The American Bar Association (ABA), in its 2010 Law Practice publication titled “The Most Common Legal Malpractice Claims”1 set out the types of legal errors that are serious enough to be considered malpractice. The most common errors are failing to know and apply the law, planning errors, inadequate discovery or investigation, failing to file documents (ones with no deadlines), failure to calendar, failure to know deadlines, procrastination, failure to obtain client consent, conflict of interest, fraud, failure to follow instructions, failing to react to a calendar, malicious prosecution, error in record search, clerical error, improper withdrawal, libel or slander, civil rights violations, among others.
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