We are sensitive to the fact that professional liability lawsuits and claims affect reputations, as well as personal finances, and we stand ready to aggressively protect our clients at both the trial and appellate levels.  Lewis Thomason’s professional liability attorneys have extensive experience representing accountants, attorneys, architects, medical professionals, insurance professionals, and real estate professionals just to name a few.  We understand the responsibilities professionals in these industries have and we invest significant time understanding the practices and duties unique to each profession.

With our firm’s longstanding experience representing professionals in litigation, we understand the importance of loss prevention and risk mitigation.  Our professional liability attorneys help their clients manage the myriad of risks associated with providing professional services so that they can instead focus on their clients.

Lewis Thomason professional liability lawyers provide comprehensive services to our clients through every stage of a claim, including if a lawsuit is filed.  We often represent professionals in matters regarding alleged breach of fiduciary duties; alleged professional malpractice; business tort litigation; complaints before disciplinary boards; regulatory compliance and professional standards; and departing partner issues, including non-compete and other restrictions.

Accountant Representation

We understand accounting claims are, by their nature, often technical. We have defended claims based upon accounting or auditing deficiencies, breach of fiduciary duty, failure to detect embezzlement and misappropriations, and poor tax advice.  Our lawyers are not only familiar with the applicable law but understand the language of accounting and the standards that guide the accounting industry. In addition, we have the unique position of having tax lawyers in house with experience representing accountants pre-claim in tax mitigation matters.  If a matter proceeds to litigation where professional liability is alleged, we have multiple lawyers with the experience to defend these claims and the tax lawyers in house to consult when necessary.

Lawyer Representation

Our professional liability lawyers understand the work other lawyers do and we work tirelessly to assist them when faced with alleged negligence or other claims.  We frequently defend clients against charges of ethical violations under the applicable Bar rules, professional negligence claims, conflict of interest claims, and alleged claims of a breach of fiduciary duty.

Director and Officer Professional Liability

Running a business always entails a certain level of risk.  Several high-profile scandals in recent decades, however, have led to increasing federal and state regulatory scrutiny of directors and officers.  Investigations and civil or criminal litigation can distract individuals suspected of wrongdoing and other members of the board or other officers from attempting to fix the problems that the prior misstep caused.  Lewis Thomson attorneys assist corporate boards and their officers with navigating these investigations and defends them from regulatory and shareholder derivative actions.

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