The recent malpractice verdict against Alston & Bird raised several issues regarding an attorney’s duties to his client, the need to be wary of conflicts of interest and how to apportion fault between the firm, a nonparty and a plaintiff under Georgia statute.

In an effort to sort out some of the issues, three lawyers who followed the trial and whose specialties include legal malpractice, agreed to offer their perspectives.

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