Long Beach Breach of Contract Attorneys
If you reside in California, and were the victim of attorney malpractice or lawyer negligence, you should contact the Law Firm of Joseph H. Low, IV right away. Our respected and skilled CA attorney malpractice lawyers are experienced in many areas of law, including legal malpractice. We have the experience and knowledge that are required to successfully represent clients against their former attorneys. If you believe that your personal injury attorney provided you with substandard legal representation which resulted in an unsuccessful case outcome, contact Joseph Low for a free consultation today.
Legal malpractice has become a large problem across the United States, with clients involved in all types of legal matters receiving poor quality legal care by unskilled and negligent attorneys. If you have been the victim of legal malpractice you do have rights! In California it is a lawyer's duty to provide all clients with a standard level of care while representing a case, and if your attorney did not fulfill certain duties which resulted in a poor case outcome, you may be able to file a legal malpractice suit against them.
In a legal malpractice case it must be proven that there was, in fact, malpractice on the lawyer's part, which must be demonstrated by the plaintiff. The plaintiff must show that the former attorney was negligent while providing legal services, which had a negative impact on the outcome of the case and caused actual damages. In order to prove damages, the plaintiff must exhibit the amount of money that he or she would have recovered if it were not for the negligence on the part of their personal injury attorney. In the State of California a plaintiff who files a legal malpractice claim is required to prove to the jury that if their case had been handled with a higher standard of professional care they would have received a positive judgment and monetary compensation for their injuries.
Southern California legal malpractice cases are very complex, in that, not only does the plaintiff's attorney malpractice lawyer have to prove that the original attorney was negligent, but the lawyer must also prove that the outcome of the personal injury case would been favorable for the plaintiff and resulted in a monetary recovery.
The fact that the plaintiff did not win a case is not just cause for a Long Beach legal malpractice lawsuit. The following are situations which do not constitute attorney malpractice:
- Basing damages on speculation
- Assuming that the case should have resulted in a larger settlement
- Believing that the personal injury attorney did not give good advice
