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Six Sowell Gray Members Selected To 2015 Super Lawyers List
Super Lawyers Magazine recognized six members of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC for inclusion in its 2015 edition. This is the eighth consecutive year the six attorneys have been selected to the Super Lawyers list. For the third consecutive year, Betsy Gray is listed among South Carolina’s Top 10 business litigators. This is the […]
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New York Supreme Court – Plaintiff Cannot Plead Malpractice Claim as Fraud in Order to Circumvent Statute of Limitations
By Will Jordan Plaintiff brought suit against a law firm for legal malpractice and included “allegations of defendants’ fraudulent conduct.” The legal malpractice claims were barred by the statute of limitations. The court held that the fraud claim, which was subject to a longer statute of limitations, were duplicative of the legal malpractice claim and […]
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Michigan Court of Appeals – No Attorney-Client Relationship Between Law Clerk and Attorney who Advised Him Concerning His Divorce
By Will Jordan A law student sought and obtained advice from a lawyer at the firm at which he was working concerning his ongoing divorce litigation. The law clerk subsequently brought a legal malpractice action against the attorney and the law firm. The court affirmed the dismissal of the legal malpractice claim, concluding there was […]
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Maryland Court of Appeals – Co-Counsel Cannot State Claim for Legal Malpractice
By Will Jordan The Maryland Court of Special Appeals affirmed what should be obvious given the requirement of an attorney-client relationship in order to pursue a legal malpractice claim. The court specifically held that a “co-counsel relationship will not suffice.” A law firm does not have a cause of action for legal malpractice against its […]
Advocate's Journal
Supreme Court Alters Redistricting Landscape
By Roland Franklin and Rob Tyson A recent United States Supreme Court decision significantly impacts redistricting litigation. In Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, No. 13-895 (slip op.) (Mar. 25, 2015), the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus (“Caucus”) and the Alabama Democratic Conference (“Conference”) challenged the lawfulness of Alabama’s 2012 redistricting plans. According to the Caucus […]
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Texas Court of Appeals – Legal Malpractice Plaintiff May Not “Fracture” Legal Malpractice Claims Into Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims
By Will Jordan Plaintiffs sued their attorneys for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty. Texas law recognizes a “rule against fracturing a negligence claim” which “prevents legal malpractice plaintiffs from opportunistically transforming a claim that sounds only in negligence into some other claim.” As the court noted, “[i]f the gist of the client’s complaint […]
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Young v. UPS: The Supreme Court’s Clarification of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act
By Will Jordan The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 provides that Title VII’s prohibition against sex discrimination applies to discrimination “because of or on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.” The Act requires employers to treat women affected by pregnancy the same for employment purposes “as other persons not so affected but […]
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Sowell Gray’s Cal Watson named Lawyer of the Year by SC Lawyers Weekly
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, is pleased to announce that Cal Watson received the top “Lawyer of the Year” award at the seventh annual South Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s 2015 Leadership in Law awards dinner held Thursday, March 12, 2015, in Charleston, SC. The Leadership in Law awards honor outstanding members of South Carolina’s legal […]
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Sowell Gray members Cundari and Watson honored at Leadership in Law awards
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, is pleased to announce that two of its members – Tina Cundari and Cal Watson – were honored at the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s 2015 Leadership in Law awards dinner held Thursday, March 12, 2015, in Charleston, SC. The Leadership in Law award honors outstanding members of South Carolina’s […]
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Sowell Gray members recognized in 2015 edition of Chambers USA
For the seventh year, law firm Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, and four of its members have been featured in the latest edition of Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. In the publication, which has been ranking the world’s best law firms and lawyers since 1990, the Sowell Gray firm and members […]