Chapter 25 - The lawsuit I did not file
After settlement, one lawyer suggested suing my original attorney for malpractice.
Maybe he had failed to negotiate the first settlement well.
Maybe he should have referred me to copyright counsel.
We reviewed.
The limitations period was complicated.
Damages uncertain.
His advice had been imperfect but not obviously below professional standards given the information available then.
I decided not to pursue it.
Not every regret needs another defendant.
I had asked a generalist to handle a specialized dispute.
He had warned me litigation was risky.
He had negotiated money I desperately needed.
Could he have done better?
Probably.
So could I.
We stopped.
That decision felt strange.
For years, I had imagined justice as finding every person who failed and assigning a consequence.
Victor taught me the danger of that mindset accidentally.
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Sometimes resolution means identifying the central wrong accurately enough and refusing to make the circle infinite.
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