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Overview | Representative Matters
Overview
Vinson & Elkins has a group of trial and appellate lawyers experienced in defending clients in litigation alleging professional negligence and legal malpractice. Two of our partners have been identified in the Best Lawyers in America in legal malpractice law. The legal malpractice cases that we handle often involve large exposures and sophisticated legal, technical, and economic issues. In addition to defending clients in litigation, we also provide counseling to clients in efforts to assist them in reducing the likelihood of legal malpractice litigation. We have represented all sizes of firms from sole practitioners to large law firms in these matters.
Our lawyers have been engaged by local, regional, and national firms and their lawyers to defend them in professional liability matters, disqualification proceedings, disciplinary actions, and fee disputes. Such matters have included claims alleging malpractice, conflicts of interest, conspiracy, RICO, fraud, deceptive practices, and breaches of fiduciary duties in substantive areas including appellate practice, bankruptcy, copyrights, corporate transactions, criminal law, employment law, environmental law, ERISA, estate planning, financial services, franchising, intellectual property, patents and trademarks, personal injury law, real estate, securities, tax, trials, wills and trusts, and workers compensation. Matters tried range from a defense verdict following multi-week jury trials to cases won on summary judgment and sustained on appeal.
Several of our lawyers have served on grievance committees and are familiar with the process from the inside.
Representative Matters
We list here some representative matters; results of course depend upon the facts of each case.
- Defended a law firm and a former partner of that firm in a legal malpractice action, concerning condemnation proceedings.
- Defended attorneys in a case asserting over $10 million in damages and alleging legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duties in connection with collection activities.
- Defended a law firm against allegations that improper advice provided in connection with establishing trusts resulted in millions of dollars in community assets being lost during a divorce.
- Represented a law firm in a legal malpractice proceeding arising from the issuance of an opinion on patent infringement.
- Defended a law firm and its former shareholders in a legal malpractice action arising from the sale of a closely held business.
- Represented a law firm in a case alleging that attorneys committed legal malpractice by failing to properly advise about patent infringement and failing to adequately try the underlying case, which resulted in a verdict of approximately $17 million.
- Defended a law firm in a case alleging conspiracy and tortuous interference arising out of the firm’s representation of a company which terminated its president.
- Defended a law firm against claims by a prior lawyer who claimed a right to a substantial contingent fee.
- Defended a law firm against claims that it negligently prosecuted a substantial personal injury case.
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