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Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Jan. 24, 2015

Lawyers as litigants in 2014, Part 2

In the second of a two-part series on notable appellate cases from 2014 affecting lawyers, we look at the statute of limitations scope, the anti-SLAPP statute, and attorney client privilege.

Kenneth C. Feldman

Partner
Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Certified Specialist in Legal Malpractice

633 W 5th St Ste 4000
Los Angeles , CA 90071

Phone: (213) 250-1800

Fax: (213) 250-7900

Email: Ken.Feldman@lewisbrisbois.com

Loyola Law School

Kenneth is firm-wide chair of the legal malpractice defense group at Lewis Brisbois. He is a certified specialist, legal malpractice law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, and is vice chair of the State Bar Legal Malpractice Law Advisory Commission. Mr. Feldman is the author of "California Legal Malpractice & Malicious Prosecution Liability Handbook."

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Alex A. Graft

Partner
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Email: alex.graft@lewisbrisbois.com

Alex is a certified specialist in legal malpractice law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He represents a wide range of professionals in addition to defending lawyers.

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This is the second of a two-part series surveying notable appellate cases from 2014 affecting lawyers. In the first part published Thursday, we discussed recent appellate decisions interpreting the causation element of legal malpractice claims, while in this second part, we examine appellate opinions addressing the scope of the statute of limitations, the anti-SLAPP statute, and the attorney-client privilege.

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