Legal Malpractice

Trusted Maryland Civil Litigation Lawyers

Legal malpractice is when an attorney inappropriately handles a case due to negligence or with the intent to harm and causes some form of damage to a client. Since the practice of law is complicated, legal malpractice cases often involve more than a simple, harmless mistake your attorney made while representing you. If you feel the actions of your lawyer were unreasonable and detrimental to your case, speak with our Maryland civil litigation attorney to determine whether you may have a viable case.

When you are wronged by a professional (such as a lawyer, doctor, or real estate agent) with whom you have a professional relationship, you have the right to pursue a civil litigation suit against them. The Brennan Law Firm, LLC has the skill to counsel you through a civil suit and fight for you when needed. We can assist you in a wide variety of cases to bring you justice!

Do I have a case against my attorney?

You will need to be able to prove that you had an attorney-client relationship in the first place to have a viable claim. This usually involves a written contract or agreement (an "engagement letter").

Common forms of malpractice include:

• Failure to meet a filing or service deadline
• Failure to perform a conflicts check
• Failure to apply the law correctly to a client's situation
• Abuse of client funds in the attorney's trust account
• Failure to sue within the statute of limitations

A successful malpractice suit will also need to establish that a reasonably prudent attorney with the ability necessary to represent you would have made a different decision than your lawyer did and that the result would have been better for you. An ethics violations, though a breach of duty, does not itself provide grounds for legal malpractice, but often negligent actions are, themselves, ethical violations.

Holding Careless Lawyers Accountable

For you to recover at trial, our Maryland civil litigation attorney will have to prove that had your attorney not been negligent or acted wrongfully, you would have been successful in your original case. This can be difficult to prove, and you may need to obtain the testimony of another attorney to attest to how your attorney violated certain standard practices. In many circumstances, you must prove a "case within a case"—both the case against the careless lawyer and the case that the lawyer was handling.

The Brennan Law Firm, LLC is here to fight for your rights when your attorney has egregiously mishandled your case. Speak with our firm right away if you feel your lawyer has "dropped the ball" and harmed you.

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