On March 28, 2013, Douglas Chandler of Chandler Law and Aubrey Smith of ProAssurance presented their risk management CLE seminar to the members of the Appalachian Bar Association in Blue Ridge, Georgia.
Assigning Legal Malpractice Claims
On March 18, the Georgia Supreme Court released its opinion in the Villanueva vs. First American Title Company case. The court held that legal malpractice cases involving underlying property and money damages are assignable. Affirming the lower Court of Appeals, the GA Supreme Court wrote that legal malpractice claims are “not per se unassignable.” The big question is whether this outcome will impact the number of legal malpractice claims in the future. I doubt it, and a number of experts agree.
On March 6, 2013, Douglas Chandler of Chandler Law LLC was invited to present to the Fulton County Business Court Judges and Staff Attorneys on the topic of Legal Malpractice. The goal of the interactive presentation was
