Legal malpractice · Ohio

For Legal malpractice · Ohio, limitation period is within one year; when the clock starts is after the cause of action accrued; how the statute describes it is an action for legal malpractice against an attorney or a law firm or legal professional association, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

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What the source says

(A) An action for libel, slander, malicious prosecution, or false imprisonment, an action for malpractice other than an action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim, an action for legal malpractice against an attorney or a law firm or legal professional association, or an action upon a statute for a penalty or forfeiture shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued,

— codes.ohio.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25

Source

• codes.ohio.govhttps://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2305.11

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