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Legal malpractice

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002973

Professional negligence committed by an attorney, resulting in harm to a client. This occurs when a lawyer's conduct falls below the standard of care expected of a reasonably prudent attorney in similar circumstances. To prove legal malpractice, a client must demonstrate a duty, a breach of that duty, causation, and damages.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002973
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002973",
  "term": "Legal malpractice",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Professional negligence committed by an attorney, resulting in harm to a client. This occurs when a lawyer's conduct falls below the standard of care expected of a reasonably prudent attorney in similar circumstances. To prove legal malpractice, a client must demonstrate a duty, a breach of that duty, causation, and damages.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/legal-malpractice/"
}

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