Legal Expert for Malpractice Case Memo
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Seeking a licensed attorney or expert familiar with standard of care in legal malpractice cases to provide a memo or declaration for a trial in California. The case involves clear-cut malpractice claims, including dismissal of a federal case without consent and ignoring client instructions.
This is a clear-cut malpractice claim:
• Attorney dismissed a federal case without consent
• Ignored client instructions in writing
• Allowed statute of limitations to expire on a $34.25M specific performance claim
• Lied about settlement authority and case status
• Multiple written emails and filings confirm the breach
Objective:
• Provide a memo/declaration stating this conduct breaches the standard of care
• (Optional): Be available for limited testimony if needed (can discuss separately)
• Support a “common knowledge” exception argument if appropriate
- Provide a memo/declaration stating breach of standard of care and conduct falling well beyond the standard of care
- Optional availability for limited testimony
- Support a "common knowledge" exception argument
- This is a clear-cut malpractice claim:
- Attorney dismissed a federal case without consent
- Ignored client instructions in writing
- Allowed statute of limitations to expire on a $34.25M specific performance claim
- Lied about settlement authority and case status
- Multiple written emails and filings confirm the breach
- Objective:
- Provide a memo/declaration stating this conduct breaches the standard of care
- (Optional): Be available for limited testimony if needed (can discuss separately)
- Support a “common knowledge” exception argument if appropriate
$150.00
Fixed-price- Entry levelExperience Level
- Remote Job
- One-time projectProject Type
Skills and Expertise
Activity on this job
- Proposals:Less than 5
- Last viewed by client:last week
- Interviewing:3
- Invites sent:6
- Unanswered invites:3
About the client
- United StatesPleasant Valley2:40 PM
- $2.3K total spent11 hires, 4 active
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