ARNOLD & ITKIN, L.L.P. v. DOMINGUEZ

NO. 01-15-00989-CV, NO. 01-15-00990-CV.

501 S.W.3d 214 (2016)

ARNOLD & ITKIN, L.L.P., Beck Redden LLP, Albritton Law Firm, Kurt Arnold, Cory Itkin, Jason Itkin, Russell Post, Fields Alexander, Jas Brar, and Eric Albritton, Appellants v. Maria Santos Lopez DOMINGUEZ, Individually and as Next Friend of Karen Marien Andrade Lopez, et al., Appellees and In re Arnold & Itkin, L.L.P., Beck Redden LLP, Albritton Law Firm, Kurt Arnold, Cory Itkin, Jason Itkin, Russell Post, Fields Alexander, Jas Brar, and Eric Albritton, Relators.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Opinion issued August 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reagan W. Simpson , Yetter Coleman LLP, Jeremy L. Doyle , Reynolds Frizzell LLP, Billy Shepherd , Shepherd Prewett Miller PLLC, Houston, TX, for Appellants.

Lance Christopher Kassab , David Eric Kassab , The Kassab Law Firm, Brett Wagner , Larry Joe Doherty , Doherty*Wagner, Houston, TX, for Appellees.

Panel consists of Justices Bland, Brown, and Lloyd.


OPINION

In this appeal, we determine whether a claim for legal malpractice is ripe for adjudication. In the underlying state court action, the clients have sued their former lawyers for the lawyers' alleged negligence in handling their federal court personal injury cases. The federal court dismissed the clients' personal...

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