Professional Liability
The firm has substantial experience representing clients in disputes involving professionals including:
- Accountants
- Lawyers
- Engineers
- Architects
- Computer / Information Technology specialists
We assist our clients in determining whether a professional standard of care has been violated and the nature and extent of injuries caused by professional malpractice.
Accounting malpractice is an area of recognized accomplishment. In 1999, the firm achieved a $21.7 million jury verdict against a large, regional accounting firm that performed an acquisition audit for the purchase of a manufacturing company.
The firm has experience in "computer malpratice," representing a business seeking relief from "computer malpractice" by an information technology design firm who had been hired to design a specialized computer system.
In appropriate matters, the firm handles professional liability cases under non-traditional fee arrangements, including full or partial contingency fees.
Selected Recent Cases
- Defense of board members of non-profit health care system in litigation with Missouri and Kansas Attorneys General regarding sale of system to for-profit purchaser.
- Represented plaintiff business in litigation with IT design/build firm for "computer malpractice"
- Represented major law firm in litigation with former partner.
- Malpractice claim defense of major law firm arising out of bank holding company organization.
- Represented plaintiff manufacturing company in lawsuit against accounting firm in connection with an acquisition audit
- Malpractice claim defense of major law firm arising out of patent prosecution.
- Defense of major securities law litigation firm in fraud lawsuit by former client.
- Malpractice claim defense of major law firm arising out of federal criminal case.
- Defense of partner of “Big Four” accounting firm in regulatory and license disciplinary proceeding.
- Defense of board directors in shareholder derivative case involving executive compensation.
- Defense of alleged commodities broker in fraud and disciplinary charges brought by CFTC.
- Defense of CEO of public company in insider trading case brought by SEC.
- Defense of regional accounting firm in malpractice litigation involving financial statements of bank holding company.
