Schmidt v. Coogan

<3 OFI'ICE .~ ........ ..-..~......-...... IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TERESA SCHMIDT, ) ) Petitioner, ) No. 88460-9 v. ) ) En Bane TIMOTHY P. COOGAN and DEBORAH ) COOGAN, and the marital community ) comprised thereof; and THE LAW ) Filed OCT 0 9 2014 ----------------- OFFICES OF TIMOTHY PATRICK ) COOGAN and all partners thereof, ) ) Respondents. ) ) WIGGINS, J.-This legal malpractice case presents two questions that we have never before addressed. The first is whether the elements of legal malpractice include the collectibility of an underlying judgment. Jurisdictions are…