Jones v. Westbrook

OPINION

MAASSEN, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A client personally financed the sale of his business corporation. His attorney drafted documents that secured the buyer's debt with corporate stock and an interest in the buyer's home. Over seven years later the government imposed tax liens on the corporation's assets; according to the client, it was only then he learned for the first time that his attorney had not provided for a recorded security interest in the physical assets. The client sued the attorney for legal malpractice and violation of the Alaska Unfair Trade Practice and Consumer Protection…