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: New York Attorney Malpractice BlogBankruptcy and Legal Malpractice
By (Andrew Lavoott Bluestone)
From an unpublished Illinois case, discussed by the Illinois Legal Malpractice Blog, we are reminded of the fact that a bankruptcy filing will generally cut off plaintiff's right to bring any law suit, including the legal malpractice case. Two things that always bear review:
1. When one files bankruptcy, everything, including potential unpled causes of action become part of the bankrupt's estate, and no longer personal to the bankrupt;
2. Attorney fee disputes serve as collateral estoppel to a later legal malpractice case.
Full post as published by New York Attorney Malpractice Blog on January 29, 2008 (boomark / email).
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