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Recession hits home with lawyers – legal malpractice claims skyrocket

Lawyers are being sued now more than ever with the current state of the economy. This happens often with an economic downturn. As it turns out, lawyers too are feeling the pinch of financial difficulties, leading them to make unwise decisions which may cause trouble, as stated by one Chicago Illinois legal malpractice attorney. There are several reasons, according to experts, why lawyers today have more legal malpractice claims. First, people are losing the value of the assets and reprimand the…

More Chicago Legal Malpractice Cases to Come?

I just read an interesting article here on InjuryBoard.com claiming that experts predict legal malpractice claims will increase in 2009. One of the main theories of the planned increase, according to one Chicago legal malpractice attorney, is that lawyers are beginning to have economic pressure are more likely to take on the basic work outside their area of practice that they, to a better economic climate, would referred to a lawyer of more than expertise.