Connecticut Law Tribune.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disputes between law firms and their former clients are an unfortunate reality. These situations become even more frustrating when former clients take contradictory positions across related legal proceedings. When a law firm or lawyer faces such inconsistency in an action brought against them, the doctrine of judicial estoppel emerges as a potentially helpful defense. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Judicial Estoppel in Legal Malpractice Defense: Protecting Law Firms From Contradictory Client Claims - Law Firm Defense<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Judicial Estoppel in Legal Malpractice Defense: Protecting Law Firms From Contradictory Client Claims - Law Firm Defense\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Disputes between law firms and their former clients are an unfortunate reality. These situations become even more frustrating when former clients take contradictory positions across related legal proceedings. When a law firm or lawyer faces such inconsistency in an action brought against them, the doctrine of judicial estoppel emerges as a potentially helpful defense. This […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Law Firm Defense\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-27T16:34:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-27T16:35:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Judicial-Estoppel-scaled.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1459\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jegiangregorio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"jegiangregorio\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/27\\\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/27\\\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"jegiangregorio\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c804729841c0db0743b1d24e2c819e18\"},\"headline\":\"Judicial Estoppel in Legal Malpractice Defense: Protecting Law Firms From Contradictory Client Claims\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-27T16:34:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-27T16:35:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/27\\\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":137,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/27\\\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/joshua-hoehne-WPrTKRw8KRQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/27\\\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/27\\\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\\\/\",\"name\":\"Judicial Estoppel in Legal Malpractice Defense: Protecting Law Firms From Contradictory Client Claims - Law Firm Defense\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/27\\\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/27\\\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/joshua-hoehne-WPrTKRw8KRQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-27T16:34:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-27T16:35:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c804729841c0db0743b1d24e2c819e18\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/27\\\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/27\\\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/27\\\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/joshua-hoehne-WPrTKRw8KRQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/joshua-hoehne-WPrTKRw8KRQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1706},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/27\\\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Judicial Estoppel in Legal Malpractice Defense: Protecting Law Firms From Contradictory Client Claims\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/\",\"name\":\"Law Firm Defense\",\"description\":\"Law Firm Defense News from Sherin and Lodgen\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c804729841c0db0743b1d24e2c819e18\",\"name\":\"jegiangregorio\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ab2332cb05a509311e802a65ca041c214c143897fa2785dbe36161e271f28ac2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ab2332cb05a509311e802a65ca041c214c143897fa2785dbe36161e271f28ac2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ab2332cb05a509311e802a65ca041c214c143897fa2785dbe36161e271f28ac2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"jegiangregorio\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sherin.com\\\/law-firm-defense\\\/author\\\/jegiangregorio\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Judicial Estoppel in Legal Malpractice Defense: Protecting Law Firms From Contradictory Client Claims - Law Firm Defense","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Judicial Estoppel in Legal Malpractice Defense: Protecting Law Firms From Contradictory Client Claims - Law Firm Defense","og_description":"Disputes between law firms and their former clients are an unfortunate reality. These situations become even more frustrating when former clients take contradictory positions across related legal proceedings. When a law firm or lawyer faces such inconsistency in an action brought against them, the doctrine of judicial estoppel emerges as a potentially helpful defense. This […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/","og_site_name":"Law Firm Defense","article_published_time":"2025-06-27T16:34:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-27T16:35:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1459,"url":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Judicial-Estoppel-scaled.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"jegiangregorio","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"jegiangregorio","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/"},"author":{"name":"jegiangregorio","@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/#\/schema\/person\/c804729841c0db0743b1d24e2c819e18"},"headline":"Judicial Estoppel in Legal Malpractice Defense: Protecting Law Firms From Contradictory Client Claims","datePublished":"2025-06-27T16:34:29+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-27T16:35:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/"},"wordCount":137,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/joshua-hoehne-WPrTKRw8KRQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/","name":"Judicial Estoppel in Legal Malpractice Defense: Protecting Law Firms From Contradictory Client Claims - Law Firm Defense","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/joshua-hoehne-WPrTKRw8KRQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-27T16:34:29+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-27T16:35:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/#\/schema\/person\/c804729841c0db0743b1d24e2c819e18"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/joshua-hoehne-WPrTKRw8KRQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/joshua-hoehne-WPrTKRw8KRQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1706},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/2025\/06\/27\/judicial-estoppel-in-legal-malpractice-defense-protecting-law-firms-from-contradictory-client-claims\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Judicial Estoppel in Legal Malpractice Defense: Protecting Law Firms From Contradictory Client Claims"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/","name":"Law Firm Defense","description":"Law Firm Defense News from Sherin and Lodgen","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/#\/schema\/person\/c804729841c0db0743b1d24e2c819e18","name":"jegiangregorio","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab2332cb05a509311e802a65ca041c214c143897fa2785dbe36161e271f28ac2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab2332cb05a509311e802a65ca041c214c143897fa2785dbe36161e271f28ac2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab2332cb05a509311e802a65ca041c214c143897fa2785dbe36161e271f28ac2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"jegiangregorio"},"url":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/author\/jegiangregorio\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/law-firm-defense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}