In Connecticut, legal malpractice claims are claims that your lawyer did or failed to do something which did not meet the standard of care for lawyers while serving as YOUR lawyer. Generally, the lawsuit is brought against your own lawyer, not someone else’s lawyer. There are occasions under the law, however, where other individuals besides the actual client can sue a lawyer for legal malpractice, for example a beneficiary in a will or trust may have a right to sue a lawyer who was hired by someone else to create the will or trust and did it wrong. While there are legal claims that may be brought against an opposing party and/or his/her lawyer (for example, a claim for vexatious litigation), those are not legal malpractice claims. If you have questions about your rights, contact an attorney who handles legal malpractice claims.
