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COMPUTER ONE, INC. v. GRISHAM & LAWLESS P.A.

No. 30,425.

188 P.3d 1175 (2008)

2008-NMSC-038

COMPUTER ONE, INC., a New Mexico corporation, and Caroline C. Roberts, individually, Plaintiffs-Petitioners, v. GRISHAM & LAWLESS P.A., a professional association, Thomas L. Grisham, and Stephen F. Lawless, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 23, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of William G. Gilstrap, William G. Gilstrap, Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioners.

Sheehan, Sheehan & Stelzner, P.A., Jaime L. Dawes, Briggs F. Cheney, Albuquerque, NM, for Respondents.

OPINION

BOSSON, Justice.

{1} A legal malpractice claim against a client's former attorneys was barred when the court ruled that, as a compulsory counterclaim, the allegations of legal malpractice had to be filed in response to an attorney charging lien previously filed by those same attorneys. Relying upon Bennett v. Kisluk, 112 N.M. 221, 814 P...

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