JOEL ERIK THOMPSON, LTD. v. HOLDER

No. 1 CA-CV 97-0616A.

965 P.2d 82 (1998)

192 Ariz. 348

JOEL ERIK THOMPSON, LTD., an Arizona professional corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William HOLDER and Jane Doe Holder, husband and wife; Dennis J. Skarecky and Jane Doe Skarecky, husband and wife; Skarecky, Cales & Holder, P.A., a professional association, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

As Amended July 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel Erik Thompson, Phoenix, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Skarecky, Cales & Holder, P.A. by Dennis Skarecky and William W. Holder, Phoenix, for Defendants-Appellees.


OPINION

FIDEL, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 When legal malpractice occurs in the course of litigation, the malpractice claim does not accrue, and the statute of limitations does not start to run, until the appellate process in the underlying litigation is "completed or is waived by a failure to appeal." Amfac Distribution Corp. v. Miller, 138 Ariz. 152, 154, 673 P.2d 792, 794 (1983...

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