Legal Question in Legal Malpractice in New York

if a lawyer receives an legal admonishment from the ethics dept. can that client sue for legal malpractice


Asked on 2/27/10, 2:52 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Kristen Browde Browde Law, P.C.

It depends.

The admonishment suggests misconduct. But the test for malpractice is more complicated.

The question in a malpractice case is whether the attorney failed to meet a standard of care or standard of conduct that is recognized by a profession and when that failure caused injury or damage to a client.

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Answered on 3/04/10, 4:24 am


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