California Legal Malpractice Attorney
Law has become vastly more complicated through the centuries, mainly because our technology has expanded geometrically, greatly expanding the movement, activities and enterprises of citizens. As we plunge head-long into the 21st Century, new areas of human endeavor arise, producing whole new bodies of law to protect these citizens and foster these activities.
At the time of the American Revolution there were about forty different titles of law books in the United States. An experienced general-practitioner attorney could have had a firm grasp on all these areas. It is said that Thomas Jefferson, that great mind of the 18th and 19th Centuries, could have carried on an intelligent conversation with any authority in any discipline of the humanities or sciences. Today, one graduate engineer cannot even converse intelligently with another graduate engineer from another field. Is it any wonder that the increasingly complicated field of law has followed the same pattern?
Northern and Southern California Legal Malpractice Attorney
Do you believe that you and your family were victim of legal malpractice? Cunningham & Lansden legal malpractice attorneys will evaluate if your case is lawyer negligence at no cost or obligation. Contact our Camarillo, Sacramento or Placerville legal malpractice lawyers for a legal malpractice attorney's free consultation.
Legal malpractice on the part of an attorney usually occurs for one or more of the following reasons:
a. The attorney lacks experience in the area of law, and doesn't know what to do.
b. The attorney knows what to do, but has too large a caseload (needing additional attorneys or staff and lacks the time to do it).
c. The attorney knows what to do, has time to do it, but lacks the self-discipline to perform the task.
Many legal malpractice cases arise from what attorneys call "blowing a statute." This means the attorney failed to file a complaint on time with the court, causing the client to lose his rights. The attorney may have an inefficient calendaring system and failed to properly calendar the statute of limitations. Once the statute date is reached if the suit is not filed the client is totally barred from recovering anything from the defendant.
Good legal representation in the first place is usually preferable to a good legal malpractice case. In selecting a Sacramento legal malpractice lawyer be prepared to ask:
a. How long has the attorney been practicing.
b. What is the experience of the attorney in this type of case?
c. Is the attorney both willing and able to handle the case. Does he/she have the time and experience.
Remember to be a smart consumer when seeking legal representation. To many attorneys it may just be another case but you will have to live with the results of the case for the rest of your life.
Cunningham & Lansden is a Southern and Northern California legal malpractice attorney firm with offices in Camarillo, Placerville and Sacramento. Seeking for a legal malpractice attorney? Contact Cunningham & Lansden Northern and Southern California legal malpractice attorney for a free case evaluation.