Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Mar. 22, 2019
Arbitration of malpractice claims is alive and well
At the minimum, clients should have the choice of going to binding arbitration. If they don’t want to go arbitration in the future, they can ask their prospective lawyers to remove the clause, or go to another attorney.
Brian Slome
Partner
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Email: bslome@lbbslaw.com
Brian's practice focuses on the defense of professionals, which includes defending attorneys in legal malpractice and discipline proceedings.
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."
Last month, Brian R. Condon proposed that the State Bar of California substitute his judgment for that of California's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC), by "adopt[ing] a public policy that arbitration clauses between California licensed attorneys and their clients are disfavored and should not be enforced." Mr. Co...
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