Real Estate Overtakes Personal Injury As Top Area For Legal Malpractice Claims

On September 6, the ABA released a comprehensive report detailing some interesting changes in the legal malpractice world. The report, “Profile of Legal Malpractice Claims: 2008-2011,” states that malpractice claims involving real estate transactions are now the most common type of legal malpractice claim (followed by personal injury and family law claims). Also of interest in the report is that while the number of low-dollar claims ($5,000 or less) has decreased over the period of the study, an increase in high-dollar claims has been noted. If you’ve been involved in a dispute with a former lawyer over a real estate transaction gone bad contact our office to get more information about pursuing a legal malpractice claim.