Robert A. Steinberg, Esq.
Legal Malpractice
Mr. Steinberg’s mediation practice focuses on business-related cases.
He is known for his technical legal expertise, his innovative solutions
to difficult business disputes, and his insight into parties’
motivations.
Mr. Steinberg previously served as the professional responsibility
officer for the Los Angeles office of an international law firm. In that
capacity, and later as the partner-in-charge of that office, Mr.
Steinberg had personal responsibility for reviewing potential conflicts
of interest and other ethical matters that periodically arose, including
overseeing malpractice claims against the firm.
Representative Legal Malpractice Cases
• Client claimed his attorney had not advised him of settlement offer
before trial. His attorney died shortly after underlying trial ended in
adverse judgment and his law firm had no witness to disprove client’s
claim.
• Bank officer claimed law firm had conflict of interest in representing
both him and his bank and sued law firm when bank fired him because of
information he disclosed to law firm.
• Claim that attorney in commercial/industrial real property sale
improperly agreed to allocation of pre-paid amounts under cellular tower
lease without obtaining client’s consent.
Career Highlights
• Mr. Steinberg has successfully resolved hundreds of mediated cases. In
his twenty-five year career as a corporate, securities and tax lawyer
and as a litigator, Mr. Steinberg handled billions of dollars in
transactions and obtained tens of millions of dollars in tax refunds.
• As partner-in-charge of the Los Angeles office of an international law
firm, Mr. Steinberg increased annual distributable income per partner by
more than $300,000 in fewer than four years.
• 150 of Mr. Steinberg’s partners honored him with an award for
“Outstanding Teamwork and Collegiality.”
• Mr. Steinberg has extensive experience with multinational and
multicultural matters.
Mr. Steinberg has published more than fifty
articles and presented more
than thirty seminars on settlement advocacy, case evaluation,
negotiation strategy and tactics, and mediation. He received his
undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan (Honors in
English), his law degree from Duke University, and his Masters of Law
(in Taxation) degree from New York University.
Mr. Steinberg’s full resume and references can be reviewed
here.
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