In the U.S., law firms are very often structured as "limited liability partnerships," a.k.a. LLPs. In most versions of LLPs, each individual lawyer is responsib

In the U.S., law firms are very often structured as "limited liability partnerships," a.k.a. LLPs. In most versions of LLPs, each individual lawyer is responsible for her own malpractice and that of the people she supervises, but not of the malpractice of others. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_liability_partnership https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_liability_partnership