Can you sue your real estate lawyer?

Sure, you can sue. There are attorneys who specialize in attorney malpractice cases.

of course you can but think realistically about your damages vs the cost to sue

what did the lawyer do (or did not do)?

scarednycgal
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The main things were that lawyer did not tell us that the previous owners did their renovation without the proper permits, and actually withdrew their application with the DOB during the closing process. He also did not tell us that the property is classified differently by department of finance vs. DOB vs. HPD. We have found all this out after the fact by our contractor who is familiar with all of these websites and pointed this information out to us as he could tell that some of the renovations were not done properly and were therefore probably not signed off on.

Needless to say, the inspector missed a lot of things as well, and guess what....the inspector was recommended by the lawyer!!!! But I have heard you cannot sue a home inspector since they put a lot of disclaimers in their home inspection report.

c0lumbiac0unty, are you scarednycgal?

what do you think?

Well, this is an unexpected twist.

what does that mean?

well you being scarednycgal, that is definitely something none of us expected.

you know this?

I'm pretty sure that that none of us expected this turn of events regarding you / scarednycgal

but...you made that up.

so now you change your story and you say you are not scarednycgal?

keep working it.

you're making no sense.

you aren't sure who you are?

let me ask this, do you need a lawyer to sue your lawyer?

how can you keep doing this?

don't you get bored?

well now I'm confused

really?

what confuses you?

well, first you say you are scarednycgal, then you backtracked

oh come on.

this is your entire life?

Wait, lets figure you out then we can move on to me.

you're the one making a life (?) here.

is that a question?

nope.

this is?

are you on a dial up connection?

or just slow and stupid?

nope

so...

slow and stupid.

that figures.

why do you do this here?

do you have anything else going?

of course not.

so I guess you definitively are not scarednycgal, you were just posting as her to be helpful, got it

stupid.

stupid.

stupid.

why bother?

your keyboard is stuck again, try the compressed air can

is that funny?

not really, stuck keyboards aren't funny

is it clever?

i'll answer.

just more stupidity.

more and more

stupidity.

good luck

the keyboard itself is not clever

c0lumbiac0unty/scarednycgal, have you considered arbitration? aboutready's husband could help

this is a compelling plot twist. and to answer the original question---you can sue basically anyone but it becomes costly against an attorney.

Are there lawyers that might take this on contingency?

Scarednycgal,

Don't be a scared NYC gal, what happened? What are your damages? Why don't we start with what is on your mind.