J. Randolph Evans is a partner in McKenna Long Aldridge’s Atlanta office, where he is the chairman of the financial institutions practice.
Shari L. Klevens is a partner in McKenna Long Aldridge’s Washington office and is the managing chairwoman of the firm’s law firm defense practice.
Increasingly, attorneys and law firms face the prospect of a legal malpractice claim. Sometimes, the first notice is a demand or complaint. Other times, a client threatens a malpractice claim during the course of a representation or otherwise does something that causes an attorney or a firm to suspect a potential claim. More commonly, an unexpected or adverse development causes an attorney or a firm to consider the possibility that the client might blame them.
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