Legal & Insurance Malpractice

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Legal and insurance professionals aren’t above the law. When your other attorneys or insurance professionals get it wrong, you lose.

Did one of the big firms promise you justice for your pain only to abandon you before the case was trial ready?

Did your attorney tell you that you had nothing to worry about at trial, but won’t return your calls after it didn’t go your way?

Did an insurance broker promise to concierge service but left played dumb or avoided your after a claim came, or worse, it was denied?

Not all mistakes are malpractice, but all malpractice involves a professional mistake. Your attorney needs the experience to know the difference and find the road to recovery.

At The Law Office of Matt Bryant, P.C., we represent individuals and businesses harmed by negligent or unethical legal or insurance professionals.

We Handle Claims Involving:

Legal malpractice, bad advice, late filings, missed deadlines
Coerced settlements, client abandonment, and lack preparation
Lack of communication, concealed conflicts of interest, and ethical violations
Bad brokers, burn and churn, missing insurance, gaps in coverage
Illusory insurance, paper-only programs, foot-in-the-door certificates
Conflicted managing agents, policy fronts, hidden market intermediaries and captives

What Sets Us Apart:

Experience and preparation
We Understand Both Worlds – our team has deep knowledge of legal AND insurance markets
Tough, Strategic Litigators – we know how to prove “what went wrong” and what should have happened
You’re Not Alone – we don’t cut corners or expect you to guess. We guide you through recovery with transparency and respect

Let’s Talk About Your Case

Malpractice claims necessitate evidence, experience, and prompt action. If you believe you have been wronged by a lawyer or insurer, do not delay.

Schedule a Confidential Case Review

Frequently Asked Questions

My attorney stopped taking my calls/My client doesn’t respect my time. What should I do?

Review the Client Rights and Responsibilities on our Resources page. An attorney must communicate with their clients, but clients must honor their end of the bargain. If a client owes money that they have agreed to pay, is rude to staff, dismissive, imperious, or tries to micromanage the attorney’s practice of law, the relationship is probably doomed to fail.

But until it does, attorneys have a professional obligation to acknowledge communication and address whatever problems may exist with their clients. If none of those things apply and an attorney still isn’t calling back, schedule an appointment through their support staff and try to restart the conversation. If that doesn’t work, you may need a new attorney. Check out our resources page for links to attorney-client resources.

My insurance broker or agent told me he would get the insurance I needed, or sold me a package policy with a fancy title, but my claim got denied. What now?

In New York, an insurance agent represents the insurer, not you. An insurance broker represents and works for you. As direct online sales increase, the role of a broker is often overlooked, and insureds are left to fend for themselves. If you bought a policy directly from an insurance company or its agent, you have to read it and make sure you got what you paid for.

If you signed a commission agreement with a broker who placed the wrong type of coverage for you, if your broker reviewed your operations and bought insufficient or incorrect coverage, or if you’ve paid a broker for risk management or consulting services, you may have a right to rely on your broker when your needs are not met.

My lawyer told me he could get me a settlement, but now doesn’t want to try my case.

Don’t mistake the pace of litigation with inattention or lack of care from your attorney. Probably. All attorneys have tricks to slow down or try and speed up a case, and if truth be told, if they worked all the time, most state court dockets would operate more like their federal counterparts.

Most cases settle, but most cases do not settle early. If your case is still working its way through discovery, your best bet is probably to keep working with your attorney as long as they remain committed to your case. If discovery has been completed and your lawyer suddenly changed their tune, you may have a problem. If you can’t tell the difference, we can. Let us guide you.