Many lawyers see
legal malpractice insurance as a necessary cost incurred being a member of bar associations.
Not exact matches
Her
legal career began the same year
as a Medical
Malpractice Litigation Associate with an
insurance defense firm.
We've recently been discussing things like online
legal research for your law firm and necessary law firm businesses licenses, and I thought I might
as well move on to
malpractice insurance for your law firm.
Lawyers with the firm are engaged in virtually every
legal specialty, including real property, corporate and business, environmental, wills and estates, taxation, employment matters,
insurance law, administrative law, banking, bankruptcy, busy trial in areas such
as personal injury, products liability, professional
malpractice and
insurance claims.
Claude Pensa, Q.C., was named
as one of the country's best lawyers in three separate areas:
Insurance Law,
Legal Malpractice Law, and Personal Injury Litigation.
The term «experience» or «experienced,»
as used on the Site, Applications, and in other communications in reference to third party attorneys participating in LegalZoom's
legal plans or other attorney access services means that the
legal plan primary handling partner of each law firm fulfills the following: (a) possesses a minimum of five years» experience practicing law, (b) maintains errors and omissions
insurance policies consistent with industry standards, (c) is in good standing with the state bar in each jurisdiction in which the attorney is licensed to practice, (d) has no pending
malpractice lawsuit,
as of the date of joining one of LegalZoom's
legal plans, and (e) has no public record of discipline by a state bar within the last five years.
Backtracking from Chubb
Insurance's denial of coverage to a law firm with a blog, the insurer now says law firms publishing blogs will be covered by their
malpractice policy so long
as lawyers are not answering specific questions in a way that could be construed to be
legal advice.
Public interest organizations may also provide
malpractice insurance coverage to the in - house volunteers during the clinic, follow up with the clients after the clinic, and help place the clients with
legal counsel after the Clinic,
as needed.
But until that happens, and so long
as courts are willing to find that some conflicts are so significant that they aren't waivable, it seems to me that today's go - to deal lawyers may be looking for go - to
legal malpractice insurance lawyers down the road.
Besides offering the features attorneys have come to demand from case management software, such
as time tracking, matter management, and to - do lists, Quicklegal also offers access to leads,
malpractice insurance, and
legal research.
As a professional in certain healthcare and
legal fields, you probably have a comprehensive
malpractice insurance policy already in place.
Liability coverage: If your company is sued for injuries at your place of business,
malpractice or negligence in provision, faulty product design or any other business - related liability case, your business
insurance will provide compensation for the damages
as well
as your court costs and
legal fees.
• When
malpractice insurance carriers were warned about the increased
legal exposure from delegation to uncredentialed medical assistants, they either sought to restrict certain procedures to registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical / vocational nurses (LP / VNs), or were willing to accept any medical assisting credential
as acceptable proof of competency.