Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Apr. 11, 2015
Pro per problems
I used to think malpractice cases filed in pro per were an aberration. But something has changed. By Kenneth C. Feldman
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."
About 18 years ago, I received a call from a young woman in Kansas who worked for the FBI. She reminded me of Clarice from "Silence of the Lambs." It's not every day that a guy who defends lawyers gets a call from the FBI. The agent wanted to know if I had any details about the plaintiff in pro per in an unrelated legal malpractice case I was defending. I could not help, but the malpractice case was dismissed for failure to prosecute not too much later.
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