YULIA v. FOREST v. L. LISA BATTS and STUART LAW GROUP, P.A.

The trial court entered summary final judgment in a legal malpractice action, concluding that the action was barred by the statute of limitations. Appellant challenges that ruling, arguing that the time for filing a cause of action for legal malpractice does not begin to run until the underlying legal proceeding has been completed through appellate review and judicial labor comes to an end. We agree with appellant that her legal malpractice action was timely filed within two years of the entry of the amended final judgment, which was entered after reversal of the final judgment on appeal. We…