New Jersey Legal Malpractice and Litigation Ethics

New Jersey Legal Malpractice Law and Litigation Ethics is intended to provide a comprehensive and easy to use reference for lawyers handling malpractice cases and ethics cases and to provide guidance to litigators who are often faced with complex issues unique to the trial bar. This book is structured to discuss the issues that often complicate the practice of our profession, from the initiation of the attorney-client relationship, the duties to the Court, client, counsel and also to persons who are not clients, to the elements of the cause of action for legal malpractice, proximate causation, damages, evidence and related issues. Each chapter contains detailed subheadings to allow users to quickly find the discussion of the relevant issues. The chapters in New Jersey Legal Malpractice Law and Litigation Ethics include: Chapter 1: The Duties and Responsibilities of a Lawyer to a Client or Former Client. Chapter 2: The Duties and Responsibilities of a Lawyer to a Non-Client Chapter 3: The Elements of Legal Malpractice Chapter 4: Proximate Causation in Legal Malpractice Cases Chapter 5: Damages in Legal Malpractice Cases Chapter 6: Expert Testimony and Evidence Issues in Legal Malpractice Cases Chapter 7: Pleadings and Defenses in Legal Malpractice Cases