Legal Malpractice / attorney malpractice

Has your Nevada attorney said you had a great case and later tried to convince you it's not worth much?  It's possible your attorney missed an important deadline and is covering it up.  Sometimes unethical attorneys try to cover up their mistakes by not telling their clients the truth.  Lawyers can be sued for negligence or fraud just like everyone else.

Attorneys and Law Firms may have attorney malpractice insurance coverage for claims that they are negligent in their representation of clients.  As a principle of law, a jury will not be told during a trial that insurance coverage exists in legal malpractice cases and most other lawsuits.

What is Legal Malpractice/Attorney Malpractice?  What constitutes Legal Malpractice?

The following actions or inactions by an attorney may lead to a valid Attorney Malpractice case or other claim against one's attorney:

• Letting the Statute of Limitations expire before filing the complaint with the proper court or otherwise missing an important deadline
• Failure to preserve all of the client's claims
• Failure to preserve a defense or defenses
• Negligence in handling a case
• Fraudulent conduct
• Concealing mistakes from client
• Failure to timely disclose exhibits and expert witnesses
• Relying on flawed AI to perform legal tasks and Brief writing
• Other incompetence

In addition to establishing that one's attorney was negligent, the client must prove that the attorney's negligence was the cause of damages to the client.

As with all cases, there are time limitations on when you must file a legal malpractice lawsuit by without waiving your rights permanently.