by Stewart Sutton | Jun 1, 2023 | When to discharge an attorney
As the client, you have the right to direct how your attorney handles your case. See Maryland Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct at Md. Rule 19-302.2 (“an attorney shall abide by a client’s decisions concerning the objectives of the representation and, when...
by Stewart Sutton | Dec 27, 2016 | Legal Malpractice
I recently represented a client who had a legal malpractice claim against his former securities litigation attorneys. The client had retained securities attorneys to pursue a claim against a national bank for breach of its fiduciary duty as an indentured trustee for...
by Stewart Sutton | Dec 1, 2016 | Legal Malpractice
For a client to sue his or her former attorney in Maryland for legal malpractice, the client must first have suffered damages. This usually means that the client must wait until the underlying case is concluded to determine whether in fact the attorney’s...
by Stewart Sutton | Dec 1, 2016 | Legal Malpractice
The most common question that I’m asked is how long does a client have to sue his or her former attorney in Maryland for legal malpractice. The general answer is that the 3-year time period to sue a former attorney for malpractice begins to run when the client...
by Stewart Sutton | Dec 23, 2015 | Legal Malpractice
Maryland Rule 2-652(a) provides an attorney who has provided legal services to a client may retain the papers of the client in his possession until the attorney’s claim for fees is satisfied, unless the retention of the client’s papers would be prejudicial...
