Editorial standards.
How our pages are researched and drafted, what they can and cannot tell you, and how to report an error.
How we research.
Our pages are drafted with the help of AI tools, working from primary and authoritative sources: state statutes, court rules, appellate court opinions, publications of state bars and their disciplinary and client protection bodies, and reports of the American Bar Association. The sources each page relies on are listed at the bottom of that page, with links, so you can read the statute or the opinion yourself. We do not treat law firm marketing pages, forums, or other legal content sites as sources for a rule of law.
Where courts in a state disagree, or the law is unsettled, the page says so instead of picking the answer that reads best. Where we could not confirm a detail in a source, we leave it out or label it unsettled.
Check deadlines with a licensed attorney.
Our pages are not written or reviewed by lawyers, and they are not legal advice. Deadlines for suing a lawyer depend on the facts, on tolling rules, and on changes in the law, and a mistake about a deadline can end a claim. Before you rely on any date or rule from this site, including a row of our statute of limitations table, confirm it with a licensed attorney in your state.
Dates on our pages.
Each page shows the date it was last updated. That is the date the page last changed, not a promise that every rule on it has been rechecked since. We update pages when we learn of a change in the law or an error.
Plain English, without false comfort.
We write for people who are not lawyers. We explain the hard parts too: that losing a case is not always malpractice, that most claims require proof you would have done better with a careful lawyer, and that fee arbitration or a bar grievance is sometimes the better route. We do not promise outcomes and we do not publish invented examples presented as real cases.
Independence from advertisers.
Participating attorneys pay flat advertising fees to be connected with people who request a case review. They do not write, review, approve, or sponsor our guides, and they cannot pay to change what a page says. No page ranks or recommends a lawyer. How we make money is explained in our advertising disclosure.
Collective byline.
Our content is published under the SueMyLawyer.org name rather than individual bylines. The site is responsible for every page as a group. Our guides are general legal information and are not legal advice.
Corrections.
If you find an error, email hello@suemylawyer.org with Correction in the subject line, a link to the page, and a source if you have one. We read every report and check it against the source. When we confirm an error in a legal rule or deadline, we fix it, update the page's date, and note the correction on the page. Small fixes to spelling or wording are made without a note.