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Have you paid for the negligence of an attorney in Lacombe or anywhere in St Tammany Parish? Call a Louisiana legal malpractice lawyer at the Wimberly Law Firm to help you make a claim for compensation.
The US legal system has done just about everything it can to make navigating it impossible on your own. From getting a divorce to staying out of jail, anytime you face the law or a court, you are inevitably going to need a lawyer. Unfortunately, lawyers can let you down, too.
When a lawyer makes even a very minor mistake, it can end up costing you extensively, both in the direct legal sense and indirectly, as the consequences of their error cause damage throughout your life or livelihood. If such a mistake, big or small, was the result of their negligence or carelessness, you can demand that they cover its costs.
In Lacombe and throughout St Tammany Parish, attorney Jesse Wimberly works hard to hold other lawyers responsible when they fail. If such an incident has happened to you or your family, he can help you bring a legal malpractice claim against the offending lawyer so that they compensate you for the harm they caused.
Just because a lawyer has let you down or you did not receive the outcome you wanted, it does not mean that you can automatically pursue the attorney for legal malpractice. Jokes about souls aside, lawyers are humans, and they can make mistakes; at other times, judges make decisions in spite of an attorney’s best efforts even when no mistake has been made, which can lead to unpleasant outcomes.
Being unhappy with the outcome, however, is not enough to make it a legal malpractice case. For that to happen, there needs to be genuine negligence on behalf of your attorney. They must have actively failed to show you the basic level of care and skill required by their position and contract with you. This means it can be quite complicated for most people to figure out whether they have a valid claim for legal malpractice.
Indeed, while plenty of folks and families in Lacombe may be upset at their lawyers, only a few will have legitimate grounds for a claim. This is why the first thing Tammany County malpractice lawyer Jesse Wimberly does is sit down to understand your circumstances and situation, for free, to help figure out if you have a valid claim.
If you are not ready to make a call to (985) 200-8466 just yet, you can use the following guide as a good place to start figuring out if you have a viable legal malpractice claim. If you answer yes to each of the following questions, chances are you do, and you should definitely contact a legal malpractice law firm near you, like Wimberly Law Firm.
Just like doctors, lawyers are governed by a professional code of ethics and behavior that imposes certain behaviors. However, a random lawyer you met once at a bar does not owe you sound legal guidance. To owe you that duty, you and the lawyer must have a professional relationship, usually a signed contract, though if a lawyer is assigned to you by the court, that can also qualify.
For you to file a legal malpractice claim against an attorney, they must have done something wrong. More specifically, they must have failed to fulfill the duty of care they owed you. Trying to win your case and failing is not a breach of that contract; they must have failed to provide the basic level of care any attorney in their position should have provided.
Such a failure can take many forms:
There are just some examples of specific breaches in the duty of care owed to you by your attorney; there are dozens, if not hundreds, of other possible actions that could qualify. If you are not sure whether your lawyer’s mistakes count, as a malpractice attorney for guidance.
For a court or insurance company to award you financial compensation for the actions of your lawyer, you must be able to demonstrate that the breach in their duty of care toward you caused you harm. This must be a direct causal relationship between the lawyer’s error and a harmful outcome for you, which could have been avoided had the lawyer not been negligent.
For example, if you lose your home because your lawyer made an error in your contract with the bank, or if you went to jail for several years because your lawyer did not show up in court to defend you, those are very real costs or harms.
Gathering and demonstrating the “damages” caused by your lawyer’s negligence is also something your legal malpractice attorney can help you with, as those damages are what you can obtain compensation for, so it is important not to leave any out.
Wimberly Law Firm | Holding lawyers in Lacombe and throughout Tammany Parish accountable for the lives their errors hurt or destroy.
If you or someone you love has been harmed by the negligence of an attorney or lawyer in Lacombe or anywhere in Louisiana, we can help. The team of lawyers at the Wimberly Law Firm will help you figure out if you have a viable legal malpractice claim and make sure that the legal professional responsible for your pain is held accountable for the harm they caused.
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking. You only have a single year after you discover the malpractice to bring a claim, and you cannot do so if three years or more have passed from the date of the mistake. Therefore, you need to act fast if you want to claim compensation.
Call (985) 200-8466 now or reach out online to a lawyer at the Wimberly Law Firm today to set up a free consultation to discuss your situation and claim.
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