Legal Malpractice Lawyers
3,840 verified legal malpractice attorneys across the United States. Find experienced Legal Malpractice counsel to evaluate your case, explain your options, and represent you through every stage of the legal process.
For more than 20 years, John B. Shook has gone to battle for injured children and adults.
Dena Beth Sacharow is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, complex litigation, federal civil litigation and 11 other areas of law. Dena received...
Mr. Niels Murphy is a lawyer practicing civil trial, business litigation, complex commercial litigation and 32 other areas of law.
Peter Wesley Hansen is a lawyer practicing car accidents, dui & dwi, chapter 7 bankruptcy and 21 other areas of law. Peter received a B.A. degree from...
Michele Rafiy Levin is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice, legal malpractice, nursing home liability and 2 other areas of law. Michele received a...
Member, Heuisler Honor Society. Moot Court Champion, 1977-1978.
Born and raised in New Orleans, attorney John W. Redmann is the son of William V.
Stephen serves as General Counsel of the firm. Prior to that, Stephen has served as the firm’s Hiring Partner.
Mr. Bruno is an experienced multi-jurisdictional trial and appellate attorney licensed in Arizona, Texas, Minnesota, Nebraska, and various federal cou...
Chris Kavouklis is a Florida board certified civil trial attorney and has earned an AV-Pre-Eminent rating from his peers for the highest level of prof...
Santo DiGangi is a lawyer practicing complex commercial litigation, personal injury, wrongful death and 2 other areas of law. Santo received a B.A. de...
Susan Chana Lask is a lawyer practicing appeals & us supreme court, civil rights, divorce and child custody and 14 other areas of law. Susan received ...
Andrew’s practice focuses on construction defect, transportation, real estate professional liability and general liability matters. For over a decade ...
Lawrence Patrick McCarthy III is a lawyer practicing corporate law, taxation law, estate planning and 3 other areas of law. Lawrence received a B.A. d...
Jordan Blair Isrow is a lawyer practicing administrative, appellate practice, business and 27 other areas of law. Jordan has been licensed for 15 year...
Eric R Elms is a lawyer practicing arts and sports, business law, civil litigation and 13 other areas of law. Eric received a B.S. degree from Florida...
Christian Clark Mester is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice, legal malpractice, products liability and 2 other areas of law. Christian received ...
Warren H Chin is a lawyer practicing aviation and transportation, commercial litigation, insurance coverage and carrier representation and 3 other are...
Reinaldo J Dorta, Jr. is a lawyer practicing criminal defense, personal injury, workers' compensation and 26 other areas of law. Reinaldo received a B...
Mr. Christopher B Wigand is a lawyer practicing civil litigation, civil trial, legal malpractice and 7 other areas of law.
Pamela R. Reiter is a lawyer practicing business & commercial litigation, trust litigation, contract disputes and 12 other areas of law.
David H. Brinton is the principal attorney at the Law Offices of David H.
When the World Is On Your Shoulders, We've Got Your Back! Personal professional legal experience you can count on when you need it the most with well ...
William Thomas McCaffery is a lawyer practicing ethics & professional responsibility, litigation, arbitration and 3 other areas of law. William receiv...
Ory Ben-Zion Sandel is a lawyer practicing alternative dispute resolution, appeals, appellate practice and 20 other areas of law. Ory received a B.A. ...
Daniel Greene became an attorney at Swope, Rodante P. A. soon after graduating law school in 2017.
Christen Elizabeth Luikart is a lawyer practicing business litigation, securities & banking, finra/sec/state regulatory and 28 other areas of law. Chr...
Atty. Jeffrey Roy Zirgibel is a lawyer practicing trucking accident, personal injury, medical malpractice and 166 other areas of law.
Phil Tiberi is a partner who represents clients throughout California and Nevada. Since 1996, he has built an extensive trial record across a broad sp...
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta (Treasurer, University of Richmond Chapter). Note Author: "Taking Superfund Presumptive Remedies to the Brownfields Ar...
Mr. Michael Sheldon Smith is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury and 4 other areas of law.
Mr. Mark A Ryan is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice, personal injury, torts and 3 other areas of law.
Jonathan Marc Cooper is a lawyer practicing appellate practice, arbitration, breach of contract and 21 other areas of law. Jonathan received a B.A. de...
Monica Anne Sansalone is a lawyer practicing appellate, estates, trusts, and probate, lawyer discipline & grievance and 6 other areas of law. Monica r...
Mr. Douglas Joseph Brown is a lawyer practicing consumer class actions, business disputes, individualsuits and 19 other areas of law.
Patrick Joseph Madden is a lawyer practicing civil litigation, federal civil litigation, labor and employment and 59 other areas of law. Patrick recei...
Stephen L. Grimm is a lawyer practicing legal malpractice, negligence, breach of contract and 39 other areas of law.
H. Aubrey Ford III is a lawyer practicing false claims act, qui tam litigation, legal malpractice and 6 other areas of law.
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Scott N. Heidepriem is a lawyer practicing arbitration, bad faith, class actions and 11 other areas of law.
Phillip Alden Baker is a lawyer practicing professional liability, civil litigation, product liability and 2 other areas of law. Phillip received a B....
Meet Robert B. Zelms, the esteemed managing partner of the Phoenix office at Zelms Erlich & Mack.
Eric C. Bonholtzer is a multiple award-winning personal injury trial attorney who works hard to ensure that his clients receive full and just compensa...
Raymond Young Ryan is a lawyer practicing legal malpractice, ethics & professional responsibility, litigation. Raymond received a B.A. degree from Uni...
Emily W. Little is a lawyer practicing federal and state trial and appellate practice, insurance defense, professional malpractice defense and 6 other...
Mr. Frank J.
Marc Alan Fishman is a lawyer practicing real estate law, commercial collection law, matrimonial law and 24 other areas of law. Marc received a B.A. d...
Mr Jon D Weiss is a lawyer practicing appellate practice, investigations and criminal litigation, labor & employment and 6 other areas of law. Jon rec...
Sarah Helene Lanham is a lawyer practicing bankruptcy, business acquisitions, commercial law and 5 other areas of law. Sarah received a B.A. degree fr...
William M Ross is a lawyer practicing appeals, commercial litigation, legal ethics and 1 other area of law. William received a B.A. degree from Southe...
Elliot R. Schiff is a lawyer practicing legal malpractice, personal injury, medical malpractice and 3 other areas of law.
Patrick T Jones is a lawyer practicing catastrophic injury, product liability, construction site injury and 6 other areas of law. Patrick received a B...
Jesse is a well-recognized leader in the legal profession, and frequent lecturer on topics involving legal malpractice and attorney ethics. Prior to c...
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Matthew Leo Eanet is a lawyer practicing alternative dispute resolution, appellate practice, banking law and 11 other areas of law. Matthew received a...
When dealing with a personal injury claim such as medical malpractice, a car accident, or slip and fall, you need caring, dedicated, successful lawyer...
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Mark Philip Painter is a lawyer practicing appellate practice, business law, civil rights and 10 other areas of law. Mark received a degree from Unive...
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Mr. Rotolo has over 40 years of extensive experience in the areas of general liability; product liability; federal civil rights actions, divorce and c...
What is Legal Malpractice?
Legal Malpractice is the branch of law that governs the rights, obligations, and disputes that arise within its subject matter. In the United States, legal malpractice sits at the intersection of statutes enacted by Congress, the regulations issued by federal agencies, the laws passed by all fifty state legislatures, and the body of judge-made decisions known as the common law. Because every state writes its own version of the rules, the way legal malpractice works in one jurisdiction can look noticeably different from how it works in another, and that is one of the main reasons attorneys in this area focus their practice geographically — to stay fluent in the local statutes, court rules, and judicial preferences that shape outcomes.
At a practical level, Legal Malpractice attorneys spend their time on three categories of work. The first is advice and prevention: counselling clients on how to structure transactions, draft documents, and conduct business so that legal risk is minimised before a dispute ever begins. The second is transactional execution: producing the contracts, filings, notices, and registrations that the law actually requires to make a decision legally binding. The third is contested representation: defending or pursuing a client's interests when a dispute escalates to negotiation, regulatory enforcement, arbitration, or litigation in court.
The clients who hire Legal Malpractice lawyers range from individuals navigating a single life event to multinational corporations with complex regulatory exposure. What unifies them is the need for an experienced lawyer who knows the relevant code sections, has appeared in the relevant courts, and can translate the strategic options into language a client can act on. AttorneyQnA currently lists 3,840 verified legal malpractice attorneys across the United States, each with a public profile showing their bar admissions, years in practice, and the kinds of matters they have handled — with the deepest concentration of practitioners in Alabama.
When do you need a Legal Malpractice attorney?
Most people contact a legal malpractice lawyer for one of two reasons: something is about to happen that they want done correctly the first time, or something has gone wrong and they need it fixed before it gets worse. The earlier you involve counsel, the more options you usually have, and the lower the cost of getting to a resolution tends to be. The scenarios below are the ones we see most often on AttorneyQnA from prospective clients searching for legal malpractice representation.
Once your signature is on a contract, settlement, lease, or release, your bargaining leverage drops sharply. A short pre-signature review by a legal malpractice lawyer is the cheapest insurance you can buy.
Cease-and-desist letters, regulatory notices, and demand letters all start clocks. Missing the response window can convert a manageable problem into a default judgment or formal enforcement action.
Statutes of limitations, filing windows, and appeal periods are jurisdictional — courts cannot extend them as a favour. If you can identify a date that matters, you need a lawyer before that date arrives.
The moment opposing counsel appears, the conversation moves out of normal English and into procedural language. Continuing unrepresented usually means losing ground you cannot recover later.
Forming an entity, choosing a venue, structuring a deal, or selecting a remedy each has long-term consequences. A consultation at the planning stage is far cheaper than redoing it after the fact.
Multi-state matters bring conflict-of-laws questions that change which statutes apply and which court has authority. An attorney licensed in the right jurisdiction is not optional.
If any of the situations above describes where you are right now, the next step is a focused consultation. Use the Ask a Lawyer tool for short written questions, or browse the 3,840 legal malpractice attorneys listed above to book a paid consultation directly.
How to choose a Legal Malpractice attorney
The single biggest factor in choosing a legal malpractice lawyer is fit with your specific matter. A lawyer with twenty years of legal malpractice experience but no exposure to your particular sub-issue can easily be a worse choice than a five-year associate who has handled the same problem repeatedly. We recommend running every prospective lawyer through the same five-step checklist before signing an engagement letter.
- Bar admission in the correct jurisdiction. Confirm the lawyer is admitted in the state — and where relevant, the federal district — where your matter sits. The lawyer's profile on AttorneyQnA shows every bar admission on file, and the underlying state bar's "lawyer lookup" tool will confirm active standing in under a minute.
- Direct experience with your fact pattern. Ask plainly: "How many matters like mine have you handled in the last three years, and how did they resolve?" An honest answer reveals more than years-in-practice alone.
- A written fee agreement. Whether hourly, flat fee, contingent, or hybrid, the engagement letter should specify what is included, what triggers additional charges, and how disputes are handled. Avoid lawyers who resist writing the terms down.
- Communication cadence. Decide upfront how often you expect updates, who your day-to-day contact will be, and what response time is reasonable. The number-one complaint filed with state bar grievance committees is not malpractice — it is non-communication.
- Conflict check + reputation pulse. Make sure the lawyer has run a formal conflict check, then spend ten minutes reading independent reviews and any public disciplinary history. The state bar's website is authoritative for the second; the lawyer's AttorneyQnA profile collects the first.
Once you have a shortlist, schedule consultations with two or three. Lawyers vary widely in temperament, and the right strategic match for your case is sometimes the second or third lawyer you meet — not the first.
How much does a Legal Malpractice lawyer cost?
Legal fees in the United States are not regulated by a uniform schedule, so what you pay a legal malpractice lawyer depends on the billing model the lawyer offers, the complexity of your matter, and the local market. There are four billing structures used in this practice area; most engagements use one, but hybrid arrangements are increasingly common.
1. Hourly billing
The default model for most non-contingent matters. Rates for legal malpractice attorneys in the U.S. typically range from $150–$250/hour in smaller markets to $400–$700/hour in major metropolitan areas, with senior partners at large firms commanding $900/hour and above. Hourly billing is fairest when the scope of work is genuinely unpredictable, but it creates an incentive structure that the client has to monitor.
2. Flat fee
Increasingly used for well-defined transactions — incorporations, will drafting, single-issue filings, uncontested matters. A flat fee tells you exactly what the deliverable will cost, and the lawyer absorbs the risk of unexpected complexity. Ask whether the flat fee includes filing fees, third-party costs, and any post-filing follow-up.
3. Contingency
Where it is permitted by the rules of professional conduct — most often in plaintiff-side legal malpractice work involving monetary recovery — the lawyer is paid a percentage of the proceeds, typically 33% before suit is filed and 40% after. The client pays nothing if there is no recovery. Contingency fees align the lawyer's economics with yours, but the percentage compounds across time, so very strong cases sometimes do better on hourly billing.
4. Retainer / subscription
A monthly fee that buys a defined block of access or hours. This is common for businesses with ongoing legal malpractice needs — contract review, employee questions, regulatory check-ins. A subscription smooths out spending and gives the lawyer a reason to know your operation in depth.
Whichever model you choose, ask for an itemised written estimate before the engagement begins, and ask explicitly what is not covered. Surprise expenses are the most common source of attorney-client friction.
Frequently asked questions about legal malpractice
How quickly can a legal malpractice lawyer review my matter?
Most lawyers can schedule an initial consultation within 1–3 business days. Urgent matters — pending deadlines, time-sensitive notices, court-ordered hearings — should be flagged in your first message; many lawyers reserve emergency consultation slots for that reason. If you need a written answer faster, the Ask a Lawyer tool typically returns answers in under 24 hours.
Do I need a legal malpractice lawyer in my exact city, or anywhere in my state?
Bar admission is the controlling rule: any attorney licensed in your state can represent you in that state's courts and agencies, regardless of which city they're based in. Practical proximity still matters for in-person meetings, local court familiarity, and access to the local bench and bar. For state-level filings and remote-friendly matters, an attorney elsewhere in the same state often works fine.
Will an initial consultation cost me anything?
Many legal malpractice attorneys offer a free 15- to 30-minute initial consultation; others charge a flat consultation fee that may be credited against the engagement if you hire them. The lawyer's profile lists the consultation policy. Free does not always mean better — a fee-based consultation is sometimes the sign of a lawyer who treats their time, and yours, seriously.
What documents should I bring to the first meeting?
Bring every contract, notice, letter, filing, or written communication connected to the matter; a written timeline of events with dates; the names and contact details of every other party involved; and any deadlines or hearing dates you are already aware of. Even an incomplete file is more useful than a verbal summary alone.
Can I change lawyers if I am not happy with mine?
Yes. Clients can discharge their lawyer at any time, for any reason, by written notice. Your case file belongs to you and must be transferred to your new counsel. Any unpaid fees through the date of discharge remain owed; any unearned advance must be refunded. If you are mid-litigation, the court typically must approve the substitution, but approval is routine.
How long does a typical legal malpractice matter take?
It depends almost entirely on whether the matter is transactional or contested. A transactional matter — a contract, a filing, a single-step transaction — can resolve in days to weeks. A contested matter — anything involving disputed facts, court intervention, or regulatory action — typically takes months at minimum, and complex cases can run multiple years. Your lawyer should give you a realistic outside estimate at intake.
Are legal malpractice lawyer fees tax-deductible?
It depends on the nature of the matter and current tax law. Fees connected to producing or collecting taxable income, managing investment property, or operating a business are often deductible; fees for personal matters generally are not. Because rules change, confirm deductibility with a tax professional for the year in which the fees are paid.
What is the difference between legal malpractice and the related practice areas?
Legal Malpractice overlaps with several adjacent areas — see the related-practice-area grid below for direct links. Choosing the right lawyer often means picking the one whose primary focus matches the heart of your problem, even if multiple labels could technically apply. When you are unsure, list your situation in your own words to two lawyers from neighbouring areas and ask which one of them is the better fit; honest lawyers will tell you.
Find legal malpractice attorneys by state
Each state link below opens the legal malpractice roster for that jurisdiction, with the local statute of limitations, court-system overview, and verified attorneys.
Legal Malpractice Law Firms
Main Law Firm
Winter Park
Walton Law Firm
San Marcos
Bruner Law Firm
Fort Walton Beach
J&Y Law Firm
Los Angeles
West Law Firm
Charleston
John T. Floyd Law Firm
Houston
Legal Malpractice by State
All states →Find legal malpractice attorneys in every US state. Each state link opens a hub with verified attorneys, the state filing deadline, and a free attorney match.