Underlying Malpractice Suit 'Meets the Low Bar' of Insurer's Duty to Defend Chicago Firm, Judge Rules

“These allegations easily implicate the services performed by Esbrook for the former clients ‘as a lawyer.’ These allegations clearly meet the low bar of ‘potentially’ arising out of the performance of ‘legal services,’ which is all that is required to trigger a duty to defend,” U.S. District Judge LaShonda A. Hunt said in a suit against the firm’s legal-malpractice carrier.

       
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