Statute of Limitations in Texas Legal Malpractice Claims: When Does the Clock Start?
When a prior lawyer’s error costs you a case, a settlement, or a business opportunity, the most urgent question is often when the clock begins running on your right to sue that lawyer. Because timing can decide whether a strong case survives or is dismissed […]
Recoverable Damages in Texas Legal Malpractice Cases: What Clients Can (and Can’t) Expect
Damages in Texas legal malpractice usually track the lost value of the underlying lawsuit or transaction. That means the central issue is usually not whether the attorney erred, but how that error changed the financial outcome. Clients are often surprised to learn that some categories […]
Proving Causation in a Texas Legal Malpractice Case: Why It’s Often the Hardest Element to Win
The element that quietly kills more cases than any other is not breach, ethics, or damages—it is causation. Clients arrive convinced their former lawyer “ruined everything.” Defense counsel often concede, at least for argument’s sake, that the work fell below professional standards. Yet when the […]