Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jan. 6, 2017
2016 in review: attorneys as defendants
Although there were no earth-shattering appellate opinions in cases against attorneys in 2016, attorney-defendants did achieve a number of victories.
Kenneth C. Feldman
Partner
Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Certified Specialist in Legal Malpractice
633 W 5th St Ste 4000
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Phone: (213) 250-1800
Fax: (213) 250-7900
Email: Ken.Feldman@lewisbrisbois.com
Loyola Law School
Kenneth is firm-wide chair of the legal malpractice defense group at Lewis Brisbois. He is a certified specialist, legal malpractice law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, and is vice chair of the State Bar Legal Malpractice Law Advisory Commission. Mr. Feldman is the author of "California Legal Malpractice & Malicious Prosecution Liability Handbook."
Alex A. Graft
Partner
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Email: alex.graft@lewisbrisbois.com
Alex is a certified specialist in legal malpractice law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He represents a wide range of professionals in addition to defending lawyers.
Although there were no earth-shattering appellate opinions in cases against attorneys in 2016, attorney-defendants did achieve a number of victories, including decisions strengthening the statute of limitations and in pari delicto defenses and seemingly broadening the reach of the anti-SLAPP statute.
Statute of Limitations
There was mostly good news for attorney defendants in decisions concerning the statute of limitations set forth in Code of Civil Procedure Section 34...
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