Legal Malpractice

West Hartford Lawyers: Legal Malpractice Cases

Not every unsatisfactory result in a legal case is the result of malpractice. If a lawyer loses a case, you have a right to be disappointed in your choice of legal counsel. You would not have a valid claim for legal malpractice unless the lawyer's representation fell below the standard required for lawyers and this was the cause of the unsatisfactory result. There are numerous errors and instances of misconduct that rise to the level of malpractice and allow claims for money damages against your former lawyer.

There are certain errors and misconduct which do rise to the level of malpractice, including:

• Taking money from you and not performing legal services
• Misappropriating your money
• Failing to file required documents within the required time
• Failing to file a legal claim within the statute of limitations
• Failing to engage expert witnesses to support a claim
• Settling a legal matter because not prepared to try it
• Failing to initiate discovery to discover assets
• Putting the lawyer's own interests ahead of your interests
• Failing to disclose a conflict of interest in a legal matter

You may be bound by the mistakes of your lawyer in a legal case. For example, if a lawyer misses the statute of limitations in a personal injury lawsuit, you will not have an opportunity to file the lawsuit with another lawyer. In such cases, your only recourse for compensation is to file a professional negligence claim against the attorney who represented you.

If you have suffered harm as a result of an attorney's negligence, you may have a legal malpractice claim. At the law firm of Swerdloff & Swerdloff in West Hartford, Connecticut, we are very aggressive in holding other lawyers financially accountable for making errors that no competent attorney should make.

Our law office is conveniently located in a building with an elevator and free parking, one mile from Interstate 84, in the center of West Hartford, at 61 South Main Street, Suite 205.

If you have a question or concern regarding a legal malpractice claim, we invite you to contact attorneys Mark and Ileen Swerdloff today. We offer a no-cost initial telephone consultation to evaluate your legal malpractice claim.