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Legal Malpractice in DuPage County
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Lawyers have a duty to adequately represent their clients. When they fail to do so, and a client is irreparably harmed as a result, it is considered legal malpractice. For example, if you hired a worker’s compensation attorney in Wheaton and he missed a court date, causing the case to be dismissed and causing you damages, it may be legal malpractice.
Legal malpractice lawsuits in DuPage County are filed at the main county courthouse in Wheaton, at 505 N. County Farm Rd. In the area of legal malpractice, there are fewer attorneys to choose from. Some lawyers avoid this area of law because of conflicts of interest, or because it can cause tension between them and their colleagues. Because of these limitations, legal malpractice attorneys often travel across the state to take a case. In other words, it is not uncommon to hire a Chicago based attorney to sue a law firm in DuPage County.
Legal malpractice cases are often difficult to win. They essentially are two cases in one. First, you have to prove that your attorney was negligent – this is done by comparing your attorney’s conduct to what a reasonable attorney would have done. Second, you have to prove that if your attorney had acted reasonably, you would have won your case. This second standard is often quite a challenge.
In addition to being difficult to prove, legal malpractice cases are scrutinized by attorneys before they agree to take them. Legal malpractice attorneys we recommend work on a contingency basis (meaning they don’t get paid unless your case is successful), so they tend only to take those cases with a likelihood of success.
We know several experienced and aggressive legal malpractice attorneys who take cases in DuPage County. If you need think you have a legal malpractice case in DuPage County, whether it’s against a small business attorney in Naperville or a personal injury attorney in Oak Brook, please contact us. We can answer your questions and recommend an attorney we think will be best for you. You can usually consult with a legal malpractice attorney for free. Talking with one of our attorneys is free as well, and completely confidential.
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