Civil Litigation,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jun. 18, 2019
Jury find Edwards Wildman did not breach duty to client
After the four-week legal malpractice trial Superior Court Judge Terry A. Green called “the strangest case I think I’ve ever seen,” the 12-person panel found neither Edwards Wildman nor its attorney Dominique Shelton, a named defendant in the case, breached their contract with plaintiff Shahrokh Mireskandari.
LOS ANGELES — A jury awarded no damages Monday when it found that Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP did not breach its fiduciary duty to its client, a disbarred British solicitor suing a tabloid newspaper, but did work to assemble a team of lawyers to act against him. After the four-week legal malpractice trial Superior Court Judge Terry A. Green called “the strangest case I think I’ve ever seen,” the 12-person panel found neither Edwards Wildman nor its attorney Dominique S...
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