No two legal malpractice actions are exactly alike. They are highly fact-intensive and dependent on the circumstances of the underlying representation. Legal malpractice defense is also an ever-evolving area of law, expanding and shifting with every appellate decision.

When a client accuses an attorney of committing legal malpractice, the attorney may speak with her or his firm’s in-house counsel for advice. When a client actually files a lawsuit alleging legal malpractice, the stakes can seem very high. One mistake that some attorneys make in facing legal malpractice lawsuits is to assume that they are like any other litigation claim or that general litigators can adequately identify the unique defenses and risks of a legal malpractice claim. Rather, this area of law often needs specialized knowledge and experience to defend.