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1 Answer | Asked in Legal Malpractice for Pennsylvania on
Q: Current lawyer has made many errors on court filings, has lost documents, missed required dates on notices and lied.

What can I legally do and do you handle estate litigation?

Can you help? Trial is Feb 17th.

Clifford B Cohn
Clifford B Cohn
answered on Jan 13, 2021

Please email me at cbcohn @cbcohn.com and I will send a form for you to fill out,,,and we can take a look at case. Please let me know that you reached out through Justia

Thanks

CLIFF COHN

1 Answer | Asked in Legal Malpractice for Pennsylvania on
Q: Does a lawyer have to pay a client back if the charges are dropped by the state

If the charges are dropped before the court process even start

Clifford B Cohn
Clifford B Cohn
answered on Oct 19, 2020

It really depends on what your fee agrement says. Please read carefully. Many criminal defense lawyers have 'non refundable' fees set forth in their fee agreement.

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Q: What type of attorney do I need to sue for malpractice of another attorney ( federal attorney) My case is SOLD.
Clifford B Cohn
Clifford B Cohn
answered on Aug 7, 2020

Legal malpractice cases presnt unique problems. There many attorneys who specialize in legal malpractice cases. Do a search on Justia/Avvo/Google

1 Answer | Asked in Legal Malpractice for Pennsylvania on
Q: how long does someone have to file a civil complaint in pa?
Clifford B Cohn
Clifford B Cohn
answered on Mar 15, 2020

In Pennsylvania, the statute of limitations for legal malpractice can be two or four years from the time that you knew or should have know that the attorney did something wrong,

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Q: Who do I call to sue schindler for no emergency response while trapped in elevator

Trapped for 2 hrs repeatedly called emergency button in elevator they did nothing

Clifford B Cohn
Clifford B Cohn
answered on Jan 19, 2019

This is not really a legal malpractice question, but a personal injury question. Most personal injury attorneys offer free consultations so Google personal injury lawyers or search Justia or AVVO in Philadelphia.

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Q: My lawyer won't respond to calls or emails and I'm afraid we're going to miss the statute of limitations deadline for my

case. What can I do?

Clifford B Cohn
Clifford B Cohn
answered on Sep 8, 2018

You can always change attorneys. Go get a second opinion, an if necessary change attorneys. The closer you get to the Statue, the harder it will get to retain a new attorney.

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