Professional Malfeasance

GMSR has successfully represented lawyers, accountants, trustees, and other professionals accused of a wide range of malfeasance, and we are intimately familiar the ins and outs of appeals from anti-SLAPP proceedings.

Mattco Forge, Inc. v. Arthur Young & Co. (1997) 52 Cal.App.4th 820

Nature of proof required for malpractice case-within-a-case; appropriate jury instruction defining clear and convincing evidence””

Aug 18, 1993 Related Cases
Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman v. Cohen & Riordan (1983) 146 Cal.App.3d 200

Partnership dispute arising from breakup of law firm; breaches of fiduciary duties owed by former law partners

Apr 22, 1993 Related Cases
Waggoner v. Snow, Becker, Kroll, Klaris & Kraus, P.C. (9th Cir. 1993) 991 F.2d 1501

Attorneys’ duty to corporate officer who relied on corporations’ attorneys’ faulty legal advice

Pilson v. Friedman, 1991 Cal. LEXIS 4555

Adequacy of pleading for malicious prosecution and abuse of process

Jul 10, 1991 Related Cases
Doll v. Sullivan, 1991 Cal. LEXIS 3094

Legal malpractice – proximate cause

Lubetzky v. State Bar (1991) 54 Cal.3d 308

Evidence insufficient to deny applicant admission to State Bar

Jun 01, 1991 Related Cases
Edwards v. Williams (Apr. 22, 1991, B038269)

Fraud from defendant attorney’s receipt of fee in underlying medical malpractice case

County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court (1990) 222 Cal.App.3d 647

Court of Appeal barred plaintiff from designating defendant’s withdrawn witness and disqualified plaintiff’s attorney for ex parte communications with witness

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