Flake v. Neumiller & Beardslee

Opinion

DUARTE, J.

—Although the underlying litigation was apparently quite thorny, the issue presented by this appeal in a legal malpractice case is less complicated. Former counsel moved to withdraw from representing a client, alleging another attorney had agreed to handle—and was already handling— postjudgment motions, and that the other attorney would also handle the appeal of an adverse judgment. The client sued former counsel for malpractice more than one year after the motion to withdraw was made, but less than one year after the motion was granted. The question before us is whether the…