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title: Legal Malpractice
description: Advocate Magazine articles on Legal Malpractice, from the Subject Matter Index.
url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/tag/Legal%20Malpractice
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[![You received an investigation letter from the State Bar](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Stromeyer-Weber-iStock-175238195_154b52970be181bca88692e7131d9ab3.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september/you-received-an-investigation-letter-from-the-state-bar "You received an investigation letter from the State Bar")

## [You received an investigation letter from the State Bar](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september/you-received-an-investigation-letter-from-the-state-bar "You received an investigation letter from the State Bar")

Don’t panic. Here’s your game plan

[Karen Stromeyer](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/karen-stromeyer "Karen Stromeyer")
[Peter Weber](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/peter-weber "Peter Weber")

From Issue: [2018 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september)

## [The best worst thing to happen to California lawyers in 2019](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-august/the-best-worst-thing-to-happen-to-california-lawyers-in-2019 "The best worst thing to happen to California lawyers in 2019")

Disclosure to clients of mediation confidentiality under Evidence Code section 1129 requires a written disclosure to clients before mediation

[Rande S. Sotomayor](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/rande-s-sotomayor "Rande S. Sotomayor")

From Issue: [2019 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-august)

## [Evaluating the legal-malpractice case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/evaluating-the-legal-malpractice-case "Evaluating the legal-malpractice case")

The complex statute of limitations and the “case within the case”

[Ron W. Makarem](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ron-w-makarem "Ron W. Makarem")
[Samuel D. Almon](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/samuel-d-almon "Samuel D. Almon")

From Issue: [2023 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june)

## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-june/appellate-reports-55 "Appellate Reports")

Decisions involving legal malpractice, waiver of arbitration, medical malpractice and insurance bad faith

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2025 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-june)

[![There but for the grace of God go you](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Ehrlich-istock-629186252_4f5846e5be5ee96a4b8310d5eab313c2.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september/there-but-for-the-grace-of-god-go-you "There but for the grace of God go you")

## [There but for the grace of God go you](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september/there-but-for-the-grace-of-god-go-you "There but for the grace of God go you")

A local plaintiff’s lawyer gets ensnared in a “BEC” scam

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2018 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september)

## [Mediation confidentiality and legal malpractice matters](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-august/mediation-confidentiality-and-legal-malpractice-matters "Mediation confidentiality and legal malpractice matters")

The state of the law since [case]Cassel[/case] and a proposal for change

[Ron W. Makarem](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ron-w-makarem "Ron W. Makarem")
[Samuel D. Almon](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/samuel-d-almon "Samuel D. Almon")

From Issue: [2018 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-august)

## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-november/appellate-reports-49 "Appellate Reports")

Legal malpractice complaints and the statute of limitations; also, WC as exclusive remedy for school volunteers

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2023 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-november)