In one of our cases, a client who had defaulted on millions of dollars of real estate loans had complete immunity from a deficiency lawsuit by the bank under state statutes. The defendant attorney failed to make any effort to plead these statutes and as a result, the client was hit with a large deficiency judgment, despite the fact that state laws said the client was immune from such a judgment. This case resolved fairly quickly.
We obtained a large, confidential settlement for a client who was catastrophically injured when a truck ran into him. His lawyer recovered the first $100,000 of liability insurance, took a $35,000 fee and then, because he failed to read the insurance contract, voided $1,300,000 in insurance coverage to which the client would have been entitled. The defendant attorney was working for one of the largest law firms in the State of Arizona when the malpractice occurred.