Professional Negligence - We represent clients with claims of professional negligence against lawyers, accountants, and other professionals. Professional negligence has occurred when the professional breaches his/her duty of care and damages have resulted to the plaintiff. If you believe that you are a victim of professional negligence, please give us a call today. A brief discussion of legal negligence is provided below.

• What is Legal Negligence?
  Legal negligence is a serious matter involving the breach of a duty owed by a lawyer to a client resulting in demonstrable damage to the client. Generally, lawyers owe their clients a duty to conduct themselves with the skill, care and diligence of the ordinary qualified practitioner in the subject matter area of their clients' cases. In layman's terms, below-average performance by your lawyer is negligence, if it causes you harm.
  
  
• What is not Legal Negligence?
  The mere fact that you lost your case, or you lost an asset or a legal right, is not by itself evidence of negligence. You still have to show that your lawyer violated the duty of care described above, and that the violation caused your loss. An ordinary, average performance by your lawyer is also not negligence. The fact that an excellent lawyer would have done a better job does not mean that your lawyer's ordinary performance is malpractice, even if you lost.