Legal Mal Practice

[Ortega]

Jurisdiction

California

what is the statute of limitation to file a law suit for legal malpractice

 

[mightymoose]

You have one year from the date you discovered the problem.

 

[zddoodah]

what is the statute of limitation to file a law suit for legal malpractice

"[O]ne year after the plaintiff discovers, or through the use of reasonable diligence should have discovered, the facts constituting the wrongful act or omission, or four years from the date of the wrongful act or omission, whichever occurs first" (subject to certain tolling events as provided in Code of Civil Procedure section 340.6).