Legal Question in Business Law in California

Re: Statute of Limitations for Breach of Contract filing of lawsuit

Ordinarily, a breach of contract suit must be commenced in California within four years after the breach or, if the breach was unknown until later, four years after a reasonable plaintiff would have discovered the breach.

If the lawyer you fired had already filed a complaint, then you are already protected. However, a complaint ordinarily must be acted upon, and can be dismissed if it is allowed to remain idle for too long.

You should also bear in mind that your former lawyer may have a claim for a portion of any proceeds you recover, depending upon the terms of your retainer agreement and the amount of work he did before he was fired.

Re: Statute of Limitations for Breach of Contract filing of lawsuit

Mr. Hoffman's reply was dead on the money. Of

course, this assumes your contract was written.

If it was an oral contract, then the statute of

limitations is two years, as opposed to the four years

for a written agreement.

Best of luck

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