CHICAGO – A client alleges a Cook County law firm failed to file an arbitration case on her behalf.
Tammy Sapper Segovia filed a complaint on Nov. 5 in Cook County Circuit Court against George Spellmire and Spellmire Law Firm LLC alleging legal malpractice.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges, in May 19, 2015, she executed a retainer agreement with the defendants for the law firm to represent her in a legal malpractice case against Much Shelist regarding a trust.
She alleges the defendants charged approximately $15,000 in legal fees, but failed to file any arbitration case.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks an amount found to be due by a jury in excess of the jurisdictional minimum and for further relief that is just and equitable in the circumstances. She is represented by Joseph T. Gentleman in Chicago.
Cook County Circuit Court case number 2018LO12007