Countersuing Your Attorney For Legal Malpractice: A Real Case Of A Disastrous Strategy
April 25th, 2008 by David MenzelSo, you have decided you have better things to do with your money than to pay your lawyer the fees he has incurred in representing you. The lawyer sues you for his fees. You make the further decision to file a counterclaim for legal malpractice even though you know there is no basis for the malpractice claim. Your strategy is that the malpractice claim will induce the lawyer to drop his suit for fees or to settle the claim cheaply. At the very worse, the countersuit will delay the day you actually have to pay your former lawyer.
What could go wrong?
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