Thursday, August 27, 2009

Dropping a Client Requires Unambigous Communication

Sometimes Connecticut lawyers leave the law firm they are working for to go work for another one. Often they take cases they have been working on at the old firm with them to the new firm. In some instances the new firm may not want the client’s case. When this happens, it is the duty of the Connecticut lawyer to unambiguously communicate to the client that they are withdrawing from the case. Failure to do so might jeopardize the client’s legal rights but we can help.

For example, if a Connecticut lawyer fails to unambiguously communicate to her client that they are withdrawing from the case, and the client ends up missing a deadline to file a law suit, the lawyer may have committed legal malpractice for missing a Connecticut statute of limitation.

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