Legal Malpractice

By: Derek Hawkins//May 17, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals: District

Case Name: Jeanna French et al v. Attorney’s Liability Assurance Society et al

Case No.: 2015AP758

Officials: Kloppenburg, P.J., Lundsten and Higginbotham, JJ

Focus: Legal Malpractice

Jeanna French and Paula Van Akkeren filed this legal malpractice action against Quarles & Brady, LLP and its malpractice insurance carrier, alleging that the law firm and its attorney were negligent and breached their fiduciary duties in drafting certain trust documents that established an irrevocable trust in which Jeanna French and Paula Van Akkeren were the beneficiaries. The circuit court dismissed the beneficiaries’ claims on three grounds: (1) the claims are barred by the six-year statute of limitations; (2) the claims are barred by the doctrine of issue preclusion; and (3) the beneficiaries lack standing. The beneficiaries appeal.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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