Atlantic City Professional Malpractice Attorneys
At Westmoreland Vesper & Quattrone, we’re here to answer your need for experienced Atlantic City professional malpractice attorneys. We are located right here in town, and it’s one of the many practice areas where we have been proudly serving the Atlantic City community for many years.
When You Need An Atlantic City Professional Malpractice Attorney
Legal malpractice occurs when a lawyer fails to render competent professional service to a client and the client is damaged as a result of the failure. The three major theories of liability are negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract. One of the most common forms of legal malpractice is missing the statute of limitations, which will stop a case in its tracks.
Regardless of what form it took, legal malpractice is not acceptable and lawyers need to be held accountable when their actions harm their clients. To prove malpractice, i.e., to establish your lawyer’s liability, you must prove that your lawyer owed you a duty to represent you competently, that he or she made a mistake or otherwise breached the duty owed to you, and that your lawyer’s mistake harmed you, causing you damages.
Nobody is perfect and professionals are no exception. It’s a shame, but sometimes mistakes are made that are so damaging that a client’s case is seriously damaged or completely lost. In these circumstances, a legal malpractice claim may be the best (and only) remedy for the wronged client.
At Westmoreland Vesper & Quattrone, we understand both sides of these issues. As lawyers, we understand how difficult and complex practicing law can be. But as strong advocates for our clients, we understand the important responsibility a lawyer has to put the best interest of his or her client first.
Professional Malpractice: Licensed professionals such as accountants, engineers, real estate agents, insurance agents, and numerous other professionals owe a standard of care to the clients they are paid to represent. If a client is harmed by a professional’s negligence in meeting that standard of care, the client may be entitled to compensation.
Medical Malpractice is the term used to describe the legal action against a medical professional whose conduct has been alleged to be negligent. The medical professional’s conduct is measured by comparing his or her performance to the “standard of care”. The standard of care is typically defined as that level of competence that would be expected of a physician of average skill and ability practicing within the same specialty as the defendant.
If the defendant physician does something the average practitioner in the same field of medicine would not have done, or if the defendant physician fails to do something the average practitioner in the same field of medicine would have done, that physician is said to have deviated from the standard of care, i.e. acted negligently.
At Westmoreland Vesper & Quattrone, we’ve built a relationship with the Atlantic City community that dates back 50 years…we’ve recovered over $250,000,000 in damages for clients and their families. We work diligently with our clients to gather the facts, prepare a case, and to always be ready to go to trial if necessary. We will be prepared for the other side’s tactics and what they will attempt, and we will make sure you have the facts on your side.
Our reputation for success is based on referrals and word of mouth, and we’re proud of our dedication and record of success both in and out of the courtroom for our clients. We invite you to have a look at testimonials from very satisfied clients here.
If you or a family member has been injured, due to the negligence of others, reach out to our Atlantic City professional malpractice attorneys today. Please fill out our Contact Form or call us at 609-645-1111 to find out more. We will be happy to arrange for a confidential free consultation.
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