LEGAL MALPRACTICE

AND FEE DISPUTES

​Brian Lauten tries lawsuits and zealously represents lawyers, law firms - small and large - and their staffs in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels in complex, high-stakes and often high-profile cases.  Actions filed or threatened against lawyers and law firms often include the potential for severe and even catastrophic financial consequences, adverse press coverage and permanent damage to a firm's and lawyer's reputation. 

Brian Lauten is a trial lawyer’s trial lawyer.  He is frequently the attorney that lawyers and law firms hire first and foremost when they find themselves in "hot" legal water. 

Brian frequently represents lawyers—in partnership disputes with other lawyers; in fee disputes with clients and other lawyers; and in legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, and alleged ethical violations germane to tort liability including alleged barratry—including grievance proceedings.  In fact, just last term, Brian argued the leading causation decision applicable to legal malpractice and fiduciary duty claims against lawyers before the Texas Supreme Court in Rogers v. Zanetti.

Brian and his team have handled pretrial, trial, and appellate matters alleging lawyer malfeasance as follows: