Legal Question in Legal Malpractice in California

deceived in order to get referrals

i hired a prominent law firm 2.5 yrs ago to sue a drug company. at the time he had a handful of clients and after he agreed to handle my case, the attorneys convinced me to refer clients to them through my popular website and extensive personal contacts. at first, they agreed to pay me a finder's fee but said they couldn't call it a finder's fee because i am not an attorney. they said at the end of all the cases in the multi-district litigation, they could donate to my website because i was serving the public. but when pressed to put it in writing they said they didnt want any suggestion of impropriety. they assured me to trust them, and if they couldn't donate for some reason, there were other things they could do, including reducing their contingency fee. 2.5 yrs later, 2 weeks before the mdl started, and after they got hundreds of clients from my website - they got 27k hits from my site - they dropped me as a client. the first trial went for the plaintiff for over 8 million dollars and they stand to make 100s of millions, much of which i handed them. and im left with nothing, not even a case. can i sue for legal malpractice?


Asked on 10/06/08, 6:39 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alan Wagner Wagner, McLaughlin & Whittemore P.A.

Re: deceived in order to get referrals

Probably not. You should contact the Florida Bar. If you have anything in wrioting they will be in deep "do do." See if you ave e-mails or letters that you sent to them. You might have a breach of contract cl;aim, but that is not clear from your post and it may, in any event, be void as against public policy.

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Answered on 10/06/08, 8:24 pm


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