When an attorney is involved in fraud, it's a sad day for every attorney who is committed to upholding his or her chosen profession. After all, clients deserve to be fairly represented, not taken advantage of. However, in one New Jersey case involving a West Orange...
Legal Malpractice Law
New Jersey attorney commits fraud, gets six-month suspension
One New Jersey attorney will be unable to practice law for half a year after being disciplined for lying. His fraud occurred in a case against him in which he manipulated evidence. Ironically, his attempts to commit this kind of fraud almost worked.Several years ago,...
New Jersey legal malpractice: Attorney/author accused of fraud
New Jersey residents may have heard that on Aug. 29, 2013, lawyer turned author Kathleen Niew was taken into custody at her office. The attorney, who also hosts a financial planning radio show, has been charged by the federal government with multiple counts of wire...
Man claims filing deadlines missed in legal malpractice case
The first thing to understand about a malpractice claim based on a lawyer failing to file a lawsuit on time is that failing to file will only count if the case missed was a worthwhile one that would have been victorious if filed. In New Jersey as well as elsewhere,...
High ticket legal malpractice claims are on the steady rise
Legal malpractice consists of the failure of an attorney to use such skill, prudence and diligence as lawyers of ordinary skill and competence in the community would normally provide for the same or similar services. In New Jersey and elsewhere, if the attorney falls...
Get an experienced lawyer to pursue your legal malpractice claim
Sometimes lawyers make mistakes just like everyone else in life. With multitudes of facts to know, changing laws every day and intricate factual and legal patterns, lawyers can indeed fail to negotiate a turn once in a great while. If you run into that problem in New...
Dispute over fees, legal malpractice claim heard by court
Whenever New Jersey residents have to hire an attorney, they trust that the individual representing them will protect their interests. Many people have limited experience with the court system, and they do not know what they need to do to ensure that their claims are...
Morgan Stanley exec’s ex sues divorce attorneys for malpractice
When a lawyer does not hold his or her client's best interests paramount, the results of a case can be unfair. The job of an attorney is to protect a client's legal interests and to adhere to the standards of the legal profession while doing so. When attorneys have a...
FDIC wins legal malpractice suit involving bad real estate loan
We have previously discussed in this Newark Litigation and Appeals Law Blog that a significant number of legal malpractice cases stem from real estate transactions. Earlier this month, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation won a real estate-related legal...
Legal malpractice suit: lawyer’s breach led to client’s murder
As we frequently discuss in this Newark Litigation and Appeals Law Blog, residents of New Jersey should be able to trust their lawyers. You hire a lawyer to protect your interests, after all, so if that lawyer fails to meet the standards of practice in handling your...