Houston Lawyer Too Busy for Arbitration Sued
Fred Hagans said his energy company client sued Daniel Woods and his law firm after they dropped it as a client a week before an arbitration hearing, which led to a $3.8 million being levied against it.
March 25, 2015 at 09:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
A Houston energy company filed a legal malpractice lawsuit alleging that its former lawyer dropped it as a client a week before an important arbitration hearing because he was too busy.
The company later discovered that its attorney had “disrespected” the arbitration panel, which ultimately issued a $3.8 million award against it after it located new counsel, according to the original petition in T-Rex Engineering and Construction v. Woods.
The background to the dispute, according to the March 20 petition filed in Harris County district court, is as follows.
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