Legal Malpractice
I recently had a conversation with an attorney from a law firm that handles legal malpractice cases against lawyers who have been negligent in the manner in which they handle all forms of cases that would include bad results, statute of limitations, misrepresentation, deceptive and false advertising, fraud, etc. They indicated to me that websites that exaggerated the ability and promised results to be obtained was the number one source of their cases.
Perhaps the lawyer advertisers, and all other attorneys should examine their websites to make certain that they are in compliance with the applicable rules of conduct by the Tennessee Supreme Court and Board of Professional Responsibility and make certain that they are not violating any set of ethics regulations in the State of Tennessee that would make them liable for negligence and damages in several areas of the law:
Settling a case too cheaply in light of the three issues in personal injury cases such as 1) causation of the accident; 2) available insurance coverage or assets of the wrongdoer; and 3) extent of damages;
Using “deceptive advertising” to overstate the lawyers/firm’s ability to handle a case in a particular area of the law;
Not candidly telling the clients the truth about the true estimated value of the case when discussing settlement in an attempt to have them settle the case rather than file suit and prepare for trial;
Misrepresentation of the lawyer’s credentials, experience, qualification and actual results in prior cases.
These are just four areas where the media might get lawyer advertisers in trouble and possibly incur legal liability in their handling of personal injury cases.
(P.S. I will not bill any legal advertisers for free legal advice.)
I encourage you to buy local products and hire local, reputable attorneys!
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