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Legal Malpractice

ARTICLES
 
Am I My Partners Keeper? Peer Review in Law Firms
by Susan Saab Fortney, 44 Defense Law Journal, 547 (1995)
Attorney Negligence in Commercial Transactions: An Ever Widening Spectrum of Liability
by Donald B. Brenner, 101 Commercial Law Journal 1 (1996)
Avoiding Malpractice Claims by Screening Undesirable Clients
by Anne E. Thar, 36 Law Office Economics and Management 506 (1996)
Lawyers Potential Liability in Fraudulent Business Transactions
by J. Walter Sinclair, 63 Defense Counsel Journal 509, (1996)
Legal Malpractice and Professional Responsibility
by John Leubsdorf, 48 Rutgers Law Review 101 (1995)
Multiple Representations Create Conflict Hazards
by Anne E. Thar, 84 Illinois Bar Journal 321, (June 1996)
Poor Client Relations Can Lead to Malpractice Claims
by Anne E. Thar, 84 Illinois Bar Journal 431, August 1996
Practical Ways to Avoid Unhappy Clients and Most Especially to Avoid Malpractice Claims
by Robert W. Martin, Jr., 4 Nevada Lawyer, 6 (November 1996)
Top Ten Lame Excuses for Ignoring Loss Prevention
by Anne E. Thar, 84 Illinois Bar Journal, 213 (April 1996)
Why The Best Lawyers Still Get Sued
by Stephen M. Blumberg. 17 California Lawyer 69 (May 1997)

BOOKS
 
ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct
This book has a chapter on malpractice which cites cases, the ABA Model Rules and ethics opinions from all states. It includes a bibliography of books and articles on this topic.
"Liability of Attorneys"
by George M. Lindahl, in California Torts
Law Practice Management
by Karen Kadushin. Unfortunately, this book does not have a separate chapter on malpractice, but the author discusses the topic in several different chapters.
Preventing Legal Malpractice
by Ronald Mallen
Legal Malpractice, 5th edition
by Ronald Mallen
"Attorney Professional Liability"
By Paul W. Vapnek, Rutter Group.
"Professional Responsibility"
by George M. Lindahl, in California Forms of Pleading & Practice, volume 2A, Chapter 76
"Lawyer Disqualification"
By Richard E. Flamm.

 
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