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When Lawyers Screw Up - Improving Access to Justice for Legal Malpractice Victims (Hardcover)
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When Lawyers Screw Up - Improving Access to Justice for Legal Malpractice Victims (Hardcover)
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Unhappy clients bring thousands of legal malpractice claims every
year, against mega law firms and solo practitioners, for simple
errors or egregious misconduct, and for losses than can reach $100
million or more. This in an industry, legal services, generating
nearly $300 billion a year in revenue and touching every facet of
American society. Yet, scant if any scholarly attention has been
paid to the questions and consequences of lawyers' professional
liability. This book is the first to fully explore the mistakes
lawyers sometimes make, the nature of these mistakes, the harm they
do, and the significant disparities in outcomes for corporate and
individual victims of lawyers' errors. A systematic, empirical
study of legal malpractice, When Lawyers Screw Up employs both
quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the frequency and
nature of claims, the area of practice producing them, the amounts
at stake, and the resolutions. The authors also use a range of data
sources to study the frequency and outcomes of legal malpractice
trials, whether bench or jury. Their comparison of legal
malpractice cases involving the corporate and personal service
sectors reveal the difficulties confronting claims coming from the
personal sector-difficulties that often deny victims redress, even
when they have suffered significant harm. When Lawyers Screw Up
draws on a series of interviews to describe the practices of
lawyers with expertise in handling legal malpractice claims, even
as it notes how few such experts are available to prosecute these
claims. In light of their findings, the authors suggest a range of
reforms that would help victims of legal malpractice, particularly
individuals and small businesses, in pursuing their claims.
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