Legal Malpractice Lawyers

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What Is Legal Malpractice?

Legal malpractice is a term that describes what happens when a lawyer acts in a negligent, unjust or unlawful manner while granting legal advice or representing a client, and that client suffers damages because of it.

If you have suffered damages as a result of a lawyer's unprofessional conduct and/or professional mistakes, it's important to schedule a time to speak with our legal malpractice lawyers at Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, P.C. These are not easy cases to win, and you will need experience on your side.

Each year in the U.S., 35,000-plus people file claims against their attorneys for legal malpractice. (These are statistics based on attorneys who have legal malpractice insurance. The data may not represent all claims filed.)

Legal Malpractice - Top Practice Areas Affected

The top legal practice areas with the most malpractice suits filed are:

• Personal injury law
• Real estate law
• Probate/estate law
• Business law

Mistakes That Lead to Legal Malpractice Claims

Typically, legal malpractice cases are related to four types of errors or wrongdoing:

• Administrative mistakes, such as clerical or detail-oriented errors, failure to meet court schedules or observe a deadline, document errors, filing the wrong paperwork
• Client communications/service mistakes, such as not responding to client requests for information, giving false information to the client, not abiding by client wishes, failure to get client consent or to inform the client of case details
• Substantive errors, such as not disclosing a conflict of interest, providing unsound advice, failure to know relevant laws and legal procedures, inadequate investigation/discovery process, breach of contract, failure to protect a client's appeal rights, failure to designate expert witnesses or provide expert reports
• Deliberate wrongdoing, such as theft from client, fraud or libel

Not every attorney is willing to stand up against another lawyer to fight for a client's right to legal malpractice compensation. At Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, P.C., we are seasoned legal malpractice case experts who are ready to help you. We can answer your questions and shed some light on the complex nature of legal malpractice suits.

To find out more, please contact our legal malpractice attorneys today. We serve residents of New York City, New York and surrounding areas.

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