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.
Barnegat is a census-designated place (CDP) within Barnegat Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The population was 1,690 as of the 2000 census. One of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War took place here.