Lawyers Professional Archives - Page 2 of 9

12 09, 2022

What to Think About When Deciding on Legal Malpractice Insurance
Gallery
What to Think About When Deciding on Legal Malpractice Insurance

@PLUS, Lawyers Professional, PL Insurance, Uncategorized

What to Think About When Deciding on Legal Malpractice Insurance

By PLUS|2022-09-09T14:14:17-05:00September 12, 2022|@PLUS, Lawyers Professional, PL Insurance, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Is Lawyers’ Professional Liability Insurance Needed? Lawyers’ Professional Liability (also known as “LPL”) insurance is the more formal name for legal malpractice insurance. While states vary on what requirements they have for disclosure of LPL insurance, currently only Oregon mandates LPL insurance. Even if not mandated, the prevalence of legal malpractice cases makes it necessary. The American Bar Association has reported that in any given year, attorneys have a 4 to 17 percentage chance of being sued and that four out of five attorneys will be sued during their careers. Defense costs for these matters generally exceed $50,000, and can [...]

The Attorney-Client Relationship: Keeping the Lines of Communication Open

By PLUS|2022-05-06T11:46:46-05:00May 9, 2022|@PLUS, Guest Blog, Lawyers Professional, PL Insurance|0 Comments

Alesia S. Sulock, Esq. is a shareholder in the Professional Liability Department in the Philadelphia office of Marshall Dennehey. She defends legal malpractice matters arising from underlying commercial litigation, criminal matters, professional liability matters, medical malpractice, personal injury, transactional matters and others. She also represents attorneys in disciplinary matters, abuse of process claims and Dragonetti claims. She may be reached at assulock@mdwcg.com. One of the most important aspects of the attorney-client relationship is communication. Too often, we see legal malpractice claims and disciplinary complaints arise because a client felt that his or her attorney was inattentive, hard to reach, or [...]

Attorney-Client Privilege Works Against Defense Counsel Seeking to Establish Financial Relationship Between Plaintiff Lawyers and Treating Physician

By PLUS|2021-11-22T11:55:11-06:00November 22, 2021|@PLUS, Lawyers Professional, Med PL, PL Insurance|0 Comments

Ryan Schoeb is a partner in Wood, Smith, Henning and Berman’s Tampa and Miami offices. With extensive trial experience in a host of different practice areas, Ryan is a versatile litigator. At WSHB, Ryan represents clients in complex commercial litigation, securities arbitrations and investigations, professional liability, subrogation, construction, transportation, environmental and intellectual property. Ryan has experience handling a wide range of cases and representing clients in disputes involving business, financial, corporate and securities matters in state and federal courts, FINRA arbitrations and a variety of different types of regulatory investigations. Ryan counsels directors and officers, securities brokers, insurance agents and [...]