Powell v. Associated Counsel

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Baker, J.

— On February 14, 2005, we reversed the trial court’s order dismissing Clint Powell’s legal malpractice claim against the attorneys who represented him in a criminal matter.1 We held that the innocence requirement articulated in Falkner v. Foshaug2 did not require dismissal of Powell’s lawsuit. Subsequently, our Supreme Court granted the defendants’ petition for review and remanded Powell’s appeal for reconsideration in light of Ang v. Martin.3 Because the reasons articulated in Ang for requiring a plaintiff to prove his innocence as part of a legal malpractice claim are not…