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SMITH DEVELOPMENT, INC. v. CONWAY

Record No. 1245-22-4.

896 S.E.2d 88 (2024)

79 Va. App. 360

SMITH DEVELOPMENT, INC. v. Martin C. CONWAY, et al.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Loudoun.

January 9, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Lopatto, III , for appellant.

Danny M. Howell ( Jennifer Lynn Rowlett ; Law Offices of Danny M. Howell, PLLC, on brief), for appellees.

Present: Judges Causey, Raphael and Senior Judge Clements.

The legal-malpractice claim here is time-barred if the lawyer worked under an unwritten contract, triggering a three-year limitations period, but not if the lawyer worked under a written contract, triggering a five-year period. The parties' written engagement letter carefully specified the lawyer...

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