Legal Malpractice is an attorneys improper or immoral conduct in the performance of duties, done either intentionally or through carelessness or ignorance. Legal Malpractice attorneys typically represent clients in legal malpractice claims against other attorneys. Ethics and professional responsibility cases arise when an attorney fails to perform according to the standards of professional conduct required of all attorneys, or when an attorney mishandles a case and causes harm to the position of their client.
Coalinga (formerly, Coaling Station, Coalingo and Coalinga Station) is a city in Fresno County, California. The population was 11,668 at the 2000 census and was estimated at 18,061 in 2007. It is the site of both Pleasant Valley State Prison and Coalinga State Hospital. Coalinga is located 52 miles (84 km) southwest of Fresno, at an elevation of 673 feet (205 m).