Legal Malpractice • Realtor Malpractice • Accounting Malpractice • Stockbroker Malpractice • Design / Engineering / Architectural Malpractice
If you have suffered a setback—a problem with a real estate deal, a loss in the courtroom, a downturn with your investments—in the back of your mind, you may have a nagging suspicion that this problem could have been avoided or the outcome should have been different.
Many people who work in professional positions operate under a professional code of conduct that requires them to operate in a careful and prudent manner, conducting themselves as a reasonable professional would in the same or similar circumstances. If they do not, they may have committed professional negligence, and you may be entitled to compensation for your losses.
If you believe you have suffered economic harm because of the negligence of a lawyer, a real estate agent, an accountant, an investment advisor, an engineer, or another professional, contact my San Antonio law office to schedule a free initial case evaluation.
Experienced Legal Help in Professional Malpractice Cases
I am attorney Gershon Cohen, a courtroom litigator with 30 years of experience in business litigation and professional malpractice claims. I can help you understand what constitutes professional malpractice and assess whether you have a claim under the law.
I assist people in bringing a wide range of professional malpractice claims, such as:
- Legal Malpractice: A negative outcome or failure to maintain good communication is not sufficient to establish legal negligence. On the other hand, missed deadlines, a lack of timely filings, failure to answer discovery requests, court sanctions, or other negligence by an attorney that directly led to a negative result when a positive outcome should have been obtained is legal malpractice.
- Stockbroker Malpractice: The stock market is volatile, but you may suspect that a stockbroker or investment advisor has been negligent if they failed to properly assess your tolerance for risk, placed you in high-risk investments against your wishes, or failed to explain the repercussions of investments or annuities being bought and sold too often (which can be a form of fraud called churning).
- Real Estate Agents / Broker Malpractice: Realtors have a duty to properly advise clients and to protect their interests. Brokers can be held liable for failing to disclose problems with properties, for failing to notice or notify a buyer of misrepresentation, for insufficient analysis of the financial implications of a real estate deal, and other types of professional negligence.
- Accounting Malpractice: Accountants owe a fiduciary duty to clients and can be sued for negligent misrepresentation not only by their own clients but also by third parties who relied upon the financial statements they prepared to make business and financial decisions.
- Other Types of Professional Malpractice: Other professionals who owe particular duty to clients include engineers, designers, surveyors, architects, and others.
I am dedicated to obtaining financial recovery for individuals and businesses harmed by professional malpractice. If you are wondering about your next step, contact my law office through this Web site or at (210) 826-7299 for a free initial case evaluation.
Gershon D. Cohen, Attorney at Law
A Texas litigator with more than 30 years of experience, attorney Gershon D. Cohen provides courtroom representation throughout north Texas, central Texas, south-central Texas, and west Texas, in communities such as San Antonio, Converse, Universal City, Corpus Christi, Brownsville and the Rio Grande Valley, Houston, Laredo, Midland, Odessa, El Paso, Dallas, Fort Worth, Kerrville, Boerne, Seguin, and New Braunfels.
