Professional Liability and Malpractice Litigation

  • Legal Malpractice
  • Financial Advisor and Securities Broker Malpractice
  • Accountant and CPA Malpractice
  • Insurance Agent Malpractice
  • Architect and Engineer Malpractice
  • General Contractor Malpractice

Eggleston + Briscoe has successfully represented numerous attorneys, accountants, insurance and real estate agents, architects, engineers, and general contractors in a variety of claims for and against them, including negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract.

Case Results

Verdict in favor of real estate developer client.
In a suit on behalf of a real estate development company alleging engineering malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud against an engineering company providing drainage and geotechnical engineering services, E+B obtained a favorable verdict on behalf of our client following several weeks of trial and then settled the case while on appeal, recovering not only the client’s damages but also $1 million in attorneys’ fees.
Verdict for heirs against certified public accountant and executor.
After several weeks of trial in a suit on behalf of a group of heirs alleging fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and professional negligence against their certified public accountant, who also acted as executor of their grandmother’s estate, E+B obtained a favorable jury verdict that was thereafter settled on confidential terms satisfactory to the clients, including the recovery of substantial attorneys’ fees.