Legal Malpractice

The elements of a legal malpractice claim arising from a civil proceeding are:

1. The duty of the attorney to use such skill, prudence, and diligence as members of his or her profession commonly possess and exercise;
2. A breach of that duty;
3. A proximate causal connection between the breach and the resulting injury; and
4. Actual loss of damage resulting from the attorney’s negligence.

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