In reading The Legal Intelligencer’s reporting on First Judicial District of Pennsylvania v. Rotwitt , it looks like Pennsylvania’s First Judicial District is seeking attorney fees secondary to its legal malpractice claim arising from the widely scrutinized litigation in the Philadelphia Family Court construction project.

To the best of this author’s knowledge, there is no Pennsylvania precedential authority to allow the recovery of attorney fees related exclusively to the prosecution of the legal malpractice action. That is, absent a contractual provision in the underlying fee agreement otherwise. And with this action, it appears there was no such provision in place.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]