The Georgia Court of Appeals has refused to hear an appeal by Arnall Golden Gregory of a trial judge’s ruling extending the statute of limitations for filing a legal malpractice lawsuit based on an engagement contract from four to six years.

In their application for interlocutory appeal, lawyers for AGG and two of its attorneys wrote that the order “is the first to apply a six-year statute of limitations to a legal malpractice claim based on the existence of a standard law firm engagement agreement. This represents a significant departure from existing law and should not proceed without this court’s review.”