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Insurance,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Dec. 4, 2015

Tips for minimizing your firm's malpractice exposure

In difficult economic times, current and former clients often look to attorneys — who they often perceive as "deep pockets" — to compensate them for failed businesses, lost homes, or risky investments.

J. Randolph Evans

Partner
Dentons US LLP

303 Peachtree St NE #5300
Atlanta , Georgia 30308

Phone: (404) 527-8330

Email: randy.evans@dentons.com

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Shari L. Klevens

Partner
Dentons US LLP

Phone: (202) 496-7500

Email: shari.klevens@dentons.com

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Recent headlines from around the country reveal multi-million-dollar legal malpractice payouts, with firms facing big exposures arising out of foreseeable and avoidable problems.

In difficult economic times, current and former clients often look to attorneys - who they often perceive as "deep pockets" - to compensate them for failed businesses, lost homes, or risky investments. The number of large verdicts against attorneys confirms the risks of failing to follow effective risk manag...

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