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ANDREW LAVOOTT BLUESTONE is a specialist in legal malpractice litigation. He has represented successful clients for more than 35 years as an attorney. He is Board Certified in Legal Malpractice by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. This Diplomate is earned by experience, a written test, and by the Board’s investigation and strict application process.
One of the things that distinguishes one attorney from another is a dedication to the art and academics of law. Writing scholarly articles on the law is one thing that attorneys do to help others learn about, benefit from and practice better law. When legal malpractice attorneys write academic articles, other attorneys read and try to make fewer mistakes.
Andrew Lavoott Bluestone has spent years writing about and practicing law in New York. He is an often published author and lecturer on legal malpractice issues, and has been engaged in writing about the law since 1986. Here is a list of his publications.
PUBLICATIONS
| Article | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Making the Defendant Attorney Your Expert | New York Law Journal | 2023 |
| Nuts and Bolts of Legal Malpractice 2023 | New York Law Journal | 2023 |
| A Continued Lack of ‘Grace’ in Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2021 |
| Legal Malpractice in the Time of Plague | New York Law Journal | 2020 |
| Turning A Defendant Into an Expert | New York Law Journal | 2020 |
| The Basics of Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2019 |
| Legal Malpractice History: From Genesis to Today | New York Law Journal | 2019 |
| Attorney Judgment Rule: A Highly Fact-Based, Yet Subjective Area | New York Law Journal | 2019 |
| What We Talk About When We Talk About Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2019 |
| Legal Malpractice and the Attorney-Client Privilege | New York Law Journal | 2018 |
| It’s Over. Now What? | New York Law Journal | 2018 |
| Will Any Court of Appeals Harmonize Judiciary Law Section 487? | New York Law Journal | 2018 |
| A Curious Lack of “Grace’ in Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2018 |
| After an Earthquake, More Tremors | New York Law Journal | 2017 |
| The Statute of Limitations in Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2017 |
| The “But For” Black Hole in Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2016 |
| Judiciary Law § 487 Joins the Mainstream | New York Law Journal | 2016 |
| The Statute of Limitations in Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2015 |
| After `Grace’: Is There A New Element to Establish in Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2015 |
| Are Courts Punishing Legal Malpractice Plaintiffs? | New York Law Journal | 2015 |
| Judiciary Law §487 Cases on the Rise after “Amalfitano” | New York Law Journal | 2014 |
| Is Legal Malpractice Still a Tort? | New York Law Journal | 2014 |
| The Common Law of Legal Malpractice and Fraud | New York Law Journal | 2014 |
| Statute of Limitations in Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2013 |
| Attorney Malpractice Litigation | LawLine CLE course | 2013 |
| When the Attorney-Client Relationship Ends | New York Law Journal | 2013 |
| Legal Malpractice CLE | New York State Bar Association CLE course | 2013 |
| Deposing the Defendant Attorney In a Legal Malpractice Case | New York Law Journal | 2013 |
| Applying the Attorney Judgment Rule to Legal Malpractice Claims | New York Law Journal | 2013 |
| Legal Malpractice Litigation | New York City Bar Association Risk and Legal Malpractice CLS | 2013 |
| Client “Satisfaction” and Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2013 |
| Padilla Raises Issues for Legal Malpractice Litigation | New York Law Journal | 2012 |
| Padilla and Legal Malpractice | New York City Bar CLE | 2012 |
| Experts in Legal Malpractice Litigation | New York Law Journal | 2012 |
| Matrimonial Litigation and Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2012 |
| The Nuts and Bolts of Legal Malpractice Litigation | New York Law Journal | 2011 |
| Has the Law of Legal Malpractice Changed? | New York Law Journal | 2011 |
| Legal Malpractice Retaining and Charging Liens | New York Law Journal | 2011 |
| Electronically Stored Information And Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2010 |
| An Explosion of Developments In Judiciary Law § 487 | New York Law Journal | 2010 |
| Settlements and Subsequent Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2010 |
| Avoiding Legal Malpractice: Dismissals and their Remedies | New York Law Journal | 2009 |
| The Use of Lawyer-Targeted Judiciary New York Law Journal 2009 Law 487 | New York Law Journal | 2009 |
| Weekly Column | LawLine.Com | 2008 |
| Judgment and Strategic Decisions in Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2008 |
| Attorney Client Privilege in Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2008 |
| “But For” Proximate Cause and Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2008 |
| Legal Malpractice Litigation | New York City Bar Association | 2007 |
| The Defense of Collectibility in Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2007 |
| Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2007 |
| Legal Malpractice | LawLine.Com | 2006 |
| Statute of Limitations in Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2006 |
| The Collateral Estoppel Trap in Legal Malpractice | New York Law Journal | 2006 |
| Client Terminates Attorney: The End Of the Relationship | New York Law Journal | 2006 |
| “Carvalho”: Deposing Attorneys as Experts in Their Own Cases | New York Law Journal | 2005 |
| Legal Malpractice for Lawyers | Practicing Lawyers Institute | 2002 |
| Legal Malpractice in the Courtroom | New York State Trial Lawyers Institute | 2000 |
| Use and Preparation of an Expert | Defense Association of New York | 1986 |
| Use of Experts | Brooklyn Bar Association | 1985 |
