Perspective
Mar. 5, 2016
Mentoring as malpractice prevention
A genuine commitment to mentoring can help teach the rules of the road that cannot realistically be taught in law schools. By Louie Castoria
Louie H. Castoria
Partner
Kaufman, Dolowich & Voluck LLP
425 California St 21st Fl
San Francisco , CA 94104
Phone: (415) 926-7601
Fax: (415) 926-7601
Email: lcastoria@kdvlaw.com
UC Berkeley Boalt Hall
Louie is a mediator with CourtCall Online Dispute Resolution, a member of the Mediation Society, a mandatory settlement officer with the San Francisco County Superior Court, and an adjunct professor of law at Golden Gate University. He won his first U.S. Supreme Court on July 1, 2021.
The best attorney malpractice claim is the one that never is made, the one that is prevented. Mentoring may be a "stitch in time" that saves nine, or $90,000.
In most of my articles about avoiding professional errors and omissions claims, the focus has been on what the individual attorney can do to prevent claims brought about by his or her conduct. In a law firm setting, whether the firm has two attorneys or 2,000, a malpr...
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