Illinois Legal Malpractice Blog

Last week was the Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference in Chicago. Bob Coleman, the Principal and Founder of my firm, was one of the guest speakers on a panel discussing Successor Entities (mergers v. sale of assets) and issues that arise regarding "who is the client?" There were several interesting and informative discussions on legal malpractice - I have many new ideas of things to cover in the blog. Here is a list of some of the key legal malpractice cases from 2006 - many of which I have written about already - that were talked about at great length during last week's conference:

Borley Storage and Transfer Co., Inc. v. Whitted, 710 N.W.2d 71 (NE 2006)

Paterek v. Petersen & Ibold, 2006 WL 2337483 (Slip Copy) (OH 2006)

Hecht, Solberg, Robinson, Goldberg & Bagley v. Superior Court, 40 Cal.Rptr.3d 446 (CA 2006)

Clary v. Lite Machines Corp., 850 N.E.2d 423 (IN 2006)

Victory Lane Productions, LLC v. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, 409 F.Supp.2d 773 (Miss. 2006)

Jacobsen v. Oliver, 451 F.Supp.2d 180 (DC 2006)

Jerry's Enterprises, Inc. v. Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd., (MN 2006)

TIG Insurance Co. v. Griffin Winning Cohen & Bodewes, P.C., 444 F.3d 587 (7th Cir. 2006)

Norton v. Sperling Law Office, P.C., 437 F.Supp.2d 398 (MD 2006)

Lopez v. Clifford, 841 N.E.2d 465 (IL 2006)

Tri-G, Inc. v. Burke, Bosselman & Weaver, 856 N.E. 2d 389 (IL 2006), Illinois Legal Mal Blog Post here

Braun v. Rosenblum, 25 A.D.3d 639 (NY 2006)

Rudolf v. Shayne et al., 31 A.D.3d 418 (NY 2006).

This Appellate Court decision - Rudolf v. Shayne et al., 31 A.D.3d 418 (NY 2006)- was reversed on appeal to the Court of Appeals - 8 N.Y.2d 438 (2007) - which held that plaintiff was entitled to fees and expenses as consequential damages.