[sah2ed]

> That lawyer needs to be sued for malpractice. This is their job.

Why do you think that? Perhaps you parsed "parent's lawyer friend" as "parent's lawyer"?

The former is likely doing a favor and would not be paid the full sticker price when rendering such a service since the transaction is not truly at arm's length. The latter is more likely to be sued for malpractice since you would be paying the full sticker price.

[jjeaff]

How much you paid would have no bearing. If you paid $1 but officially engaged any lawyer, friend or not, they would be fully liable for malpractice.

[azernik]

Yup, I misread that as "parent's lawyer". Yeah, if it's just a friend, uf. Sucks.