Holding Attorneys Accountable for Malpractice in Contract Drafting and Review
Lawyers who draft and review contracts have a duty to make sure their clients receive full and intelligible explanations of the terms of those agreements. When individuals and businesses end up making legal commitments that they never knew they were agreeing to due to contract drafting errors, their attorneys can be held accountable for the consequences.
At Schachter Harris, LLP, our Texas legal negligence attorneys help individuals and businesses pursue claims against attorneys for losses they have suffered as a result of drafting errors. If you have been disadvantaged by contract terms that you never intended to be bound by, the law of legal malpractice may hold a remedy, and we can help you pursue that remedy.
Pursuing Compensation for Bad Deals Caused by Bad Lawyering
It happens all too often. Two businesspeople reach a deal they both understand that can be summarized in a page or two of business correspondence. They turn the deal over to the lawyers and end up with a massive set of documents with a dizzying array of provisions that even the most sophisticated businessperson could not be expected to understand fully.
Deep within the maze of convoluted and cross-referenced provisions, a lawyer for one of the parties has slipped in a provision that alters a key term of the agreement. The other party would never knowingly agree, but his or her lawyer does not explain what the other lawyer has done, and the client ends up committed to a deal different than the one he or she made.
Or perhaps, in the process of drawing up the agreement, one of the lawyers simply misstates a provision of the agreement between the parties, and neither attorney catches the error. Again, both parties are committed to something they never intended to commit themselves to.
If you are involved in a contract dispute, we can help you determine whether legal negligence may have played a role. We can also assist you with any other type of dispute with a lawyer over a drafting error. To discuss your options, please contact us at our Dallas-area offices.
