2022 Best Lawyers in America® Announced
Bell, Moore & Richter, S.C. is proud to announce that the following attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2022 Best Lawyers in America®
Scope of Practice
While lawyers and accountants have long practiced under the threat of suit brought by unhappy clients, pressures generated by the current economic downturn have resulted in ever-increasing scrutiny of services provided by these professionals.
We have defended lawyers against a broad spectrum of claims filed by former clients alleging negligence in negotiating or drafting contracts, conducting commercial closings or drafting the documents essential to them, drafting wills, probating estates, offering tax or business advice, instituting or prosecuting litigation.
For example, we have defended lawyers who drafted wills for their clients only to find themselves sued by disinherited heirs or by heirs disappointed by their inheritances. We have defended lawyers against claims initiated by the opposing party in a client's litigation or by the other side to a failed commercial transaction.
We have defended complex accounting malpractice claims ranging from audit services criticized for failing to identify weaknesses in the client's internal controls, failing to unearth defalcations by the client's trusted employees, failing to discover bank teller embezzlements to claims asserting that the accountants provided inaccurate, incorrect or misleading business advice, tax planning or tax advice.
We have defended accounting malpractice claims instituted by the accounting client's lending partners, such as the client's bank or the client's sureties extending construction bond credit, who have claimed injury due to reliance on allegedly misleading audited, reviewed or compiled financial statements. We have defended accountants who provided audit or business advice to corporations against suits filed by the client's stockholders.
It is not just these professionals' direct clients who bring lawsuits against them. We have also defended cases brought by third persons with whom the lawyers or accountants have no direct relationship.
The lawyers of Bell, Moore & Richter S.C. have broad and extensive experience defending lawyers, law firms, accountants and accounting firms against the whole range of potential professional malpractice claims which may be asserted against them. If the need arises, let us put that experience to work protecting your interests or the interests of your insureds.
* Bell, Moore & Richter, S.C. has been named one of the 2015 Best Law Firms - Madison First Tier Ranking in the area of Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, by Best Lawyers.
Bell, Moore & Richter, S.C. is proud to announce that the following attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2022 Best Lawyers in America®
Best Lawyers in America announces Bell, Moore & Richter, S.C. attorneys who have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 Best Lawyers in America®.
Bell, Moore & Richter, S.C. receives recognition from U.S. News & Best Lawyers® in the 2020 "Best Law Firms" Tier Rankings
Best Lawyers in America announces Bell, Moore & Richter, S.C. attorneys who have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 Best Lawyers in America®.
Patricia Putney wrote an article that appeared in the State Bar of Wisconsin - Law Student Associate News and Opportunities, March 2019 edition. Read what Patti had to say on networking for law students.
Bell, Moore & Richter is proud to announce it has once again been recognized by the U.S. News - Best Lawyers® as a 2019 "Best Law Firm" in the Madison Metropolitan area.
The Rudolph A. Janata Award was presented at the DRI Annual Meeting in Chicago on October 5, 2017. (Read more)
Bell, Moore & Richter, S.C. a proud sponsor of the Wisconsin Defense Counsel's (WDC) 2017 Spring Conference held in Kohler, Wisconsin and were a supporter of the WDC's Women in the Law Committee Spring Clothing Drive. (Read More)
Bell, Moore & Richter is very pleased to announce that on September 16, 2016, David McFarlane was sworn in as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Attorneys at its annual meeting in Philadelphia.