Federal Judge Affirms Order Transferring Venue Of Insurer’s Legal Malpractice Suit

Mealey's (January 8, 2020, 10:00 AM EST) -- DENVER — A federal judge in Colorado in Dec. 23 affirmed a magistrate’s order that granted attorneys and their law firm’s motion to transfer the venue of an insurer’s legal malpractice lawsuit against them, finding that a federal district court in Georgia is the proper venue because the nature of the insurer’s claims arose from the attorneys’ provision of coverage advice, which occurred at their law office in Atlanta (Clarendon National Insurance Company, et al. v. Stephanie Glickauf, et al., No. 18-02549, D. Colo., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 221219)....