Legal Malpractice Attorneys in Denver, CO

These are just some of the ways a lawyer may exhibit negligence in your case. Our experienced legal malpractice lawyers understand how to determine whether or not your previous lawyer provided a reasonable standard of care.

The attorneys at LSTT take cases of legal malpractice personally. When members of our profession breach their duty to their clients, we concentrate on holding them accountable and righting their wrongs.

Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Lawyers and law firms must adhere to strict ethical standards. You should reasonably expect that your attorney will provide appropriate advice and legal counsel for a reasonable fee.

However, your attorney’s fiduciary duty extends beyond billing statements. Your lawyer is responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of counsel they provide. This includes explaining the legal and financial consequences of your actions and decisions.

A breach of fiduciary duty case can come about as a result of any number of circumstances, including:

• Failure to know the law and apply the law correctly
• Strategy or planning errors
• Inadequate investigation or discovery
• Improper withdrawal from representation
• Fraud
• Failure to explain risks or obtain consent
• Failure to adhere to instructions
• Failure to file documents
• Failure to know or calculate a deadline
• Failure to use a calendar system to record a deadline
• Mathematical computation errors
• Conflict of interest
• Civil rights violations
• Malicious prosecution
• Lawyer misconduct

When your lawyer breaks the bond of trust with you, he or she should be held accountable for the resulting harm. Every attorney at LSTT is committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards of the legal profession. We take our role as your trusted counsel to heart, and take it personally when other attorneys betray their commitment to their clients.

Failure to Advise Properly

Just as your doctor has an obligation to inform you about the benefits and risks of a certain procedure, your attorney has an obligation to advise you about the benefits and risks related to your decision or course of action. If your attorney failed to advise you properly, he or she may be liable for malpractice.

In legal cases, decisions have consequences; it is the responsibility of your lawyer to explain the potential risks associated with your decisions in a way that you can clearly understand. If, for example, you asked your lawyer if you can leave your current job and start a new business that competes with your former company, your attorney must explain the possible consequences of pursuing that course of action, which may include a lawsuit by your previous employer.

Legal malpractice can occur when a lawyer or law firm takes a case for which they are unqualified. Unfortunately, there may be no going back once a decision has been made based on poor advice. If your attorney was unable to advise you properly due to incompetence, you may be able to seek damages for malpractice.

Missed Deadlines

When you work with a lawyer, you expect that your best interests will be protected competently. Your attorney is held to professional standards and established timelines when filing claims, motions, and other documentation in your case.

Lawyers deal with a wide variety of claims, many of which have different deadlines. Deadlines for filing certain claims are established by the state. Federal claims have their own timelines. If your attorney missed a crucial filing deadline, it can be detrimental to your case and you may be able to seek damages for the losses you incurred as a result of his or her negligence.Legal claims are subject to deadlines.

Did your attorney meet them?

Your lawyer may have missed a critical filing deadline because it differed from a deadline with which he or she is accustomed to working with in other cases. Perhaps documents were misread that identified when an event that should start the time deadline took place. Regardless, a missed deadline will typically cause a claim to be dismissed because the statute of limitations has expired.

At LSTT, we fight diligently for the compensation you would have received had your attorney acted competently and filed your lawsuit properly. Some examples of improperly handled filings include:

• Incomplete paperwork
• Failing to raise a timely defense to a claim
• Failing to name a necessary defendant
• Filing in the wrong place
• Being unaware of the statute of limitations for your claim

You have the right to competent legal representation. If your previous lawyer failed to meet the important deadlines in your case, call us today to discuss your situation.