by mgall74 | Mar 22, 2019 | Business Litigation and Legal Malpractice
Lawsuits for legal malpractice are all about what the lawyer was supposed to do. For a client to successfully sue his or her former attorney for legal malpractice, the client must first establish what a lawyer is supposed to do in handling a matter like the one...
by mgall74 | Oct 26, 2018 | Business Litigation and Legal Malpractice
Usually attorneys know their clients and their clients know their attorneys. But not always. In a recent New Jersey appellate court decision (Greening v. Levine), the appellate court grappled with the issue of whether a lawyer who represented a condominium association...
by mgall74 | Jun 7, 2018 | Anatomy of a Lawsuit
In ancient cultures, disputes over money were often resolved by the sword. In modern societies, disputes over money that the parties cannot resolve among themselves are resolved in courts that are set up by the government. In New Jersey, a person or a business...
by mgall74 | Jun 6, 2018 | Anatomy of a Lawsuit
The Discovery stage of lawsuit begins after each party has filed court papers making allegations, imposing denials and asserting defenses. In the Discovery stage, each contestant is entitled to extract information from the other using legal referred to as...
by mgall74 | Jun 5, 2018 | Anatomy of a Lawsuit
In the New Jersey state court system, the court will require the parties to participate in Mediation at some point after the lawsuit is filed and answered, but before the end of the Discovery stage. At any time after the lawsuit starts, the parties can discuss the...
