- Legal negligence

- dishonesty

- conflict of interest

- self-dealing

- failing to fully account to the client

- failing to communicate

- failing to follow a Disciplinary Rule which results in losing a case or damages

- multiple clients in a single case or transaction with conflicting interests

- promising too much

- charging more than what was agreed

- incompetent

- dispute with a lawyer or law firm

G&P handles all types of claims against lawyers.  The legal profession is self-policed.  In other words, lawyers regulate the lawyer profession through the grievance process with the State Bar of Texas (www.texasbar.com) and through litigation.  It does not help the image of lawyers to allow incompetent, unethical, or dishonest lawyers to keep practicing without being held accountable for the harm caused to clients.  By the same token, lawyers are human beings and are perfectly capable of making a mistake.

Because of our experience in claims against attorneys, G&P represents former clients and attorneys accused of malpractice.  Just as in medical malpractice, not every bad medical result should be a malpractice claim, not every bad result involving a lawyer should be a legal malpractice claim.  The legal malpractice claimant must prove not only that the lawyer breached a standard of care, but that the underlying matter was lost when it should have been won, if it was litigation.  If the underlying matter was a transaction, then the claimant must prove what should have happened if the lawyer had not breached the standard of care.  Lawyers are not magicians: we cannot make good facts appears, or bad facts disappear.  That is why the "case within the case" or causation standard is so important to understand before bringing a legal malpractice claim.

If you feel you have been harmed by a lawyer or you are a lawyer who has been sued by a former client, let G&P evaluate your situation and let our experience be your guiding light.  The lawyers at G&P have served as expert witnesses on the subjects of standard of care of a reasonably competent attorney, sanctions, ethics, and attorney fees.

Claims against lawyers involving negligence or a failure to do that what a reasonably prudent lawyer would have done must be brought within 2 years from the last act of the lawyer.  For example, if the claim involves missing a statute of limitations, then the claim against the lawyer must be brought against the lawyer within 2 years after the statute of limitations was missed.  If the claim against the lawyer involves dishonesty, self-dealing, or a conflict of interest, then that claim must be brought within 4 years from the date of breach.