Legal Malpractice 270,000 Plus Settlement

Bland Richter represented a former client of a law firm in a legal malpractice action matter wherein it was alleged that the attorney failed to properly represent the client in a proceeding in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina including, specifically, the failure to appear at a hearing on the client’s behalf after the case was remanded from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The matter settled for an amount in excess of $270,000. ( 2006 )