Family,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jul. 25, 2025
Ex-client says attorney colluded with opponent, private judge
San Jose divorce attorney Mark A. Erickson faces a $3 million malpractice lawsuit from former client Richard Garcia, alleging fraud and collusion in a prolonged divorce case. A $45,000 settlement offer failed; trial begins next month.
An attorney whose former client demands $3 million in a malpractice lawsuit offered $45,000 to settle the case in which he is accused of fraud and collusion with opposing counsel and a private judge.
Mark A. Erickson, who heads Erickson Family Law in San Jose, has been accused by former client Richard Garcia of intentionally dragging out for nine years a divorce case that still has not been resolved. Garcia claims the litigation cost him more than $2 million and his right to reimb...
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