Here is an excellent article for estate planning attorneys new to the practice. It was put together in August, 2009 by Lawyers Mutual, a North Carolina Insurance Company. It highlights common areas of estate planning malpractice:

• Failure To Gather Complete Information
• Failure To  Draft  What  Client Wants
• Careless Drafting
• Changes in Law
• Failure To Revise Forms When Laws Change
• Failure To Consider Tax Consequences
• Failure To realize or Meet Deadlines
• Knowing Your Limits
• Failure To Consider Duty of Others

Sample engagement and disengagement letters are attached as examples. Good stuff! Tom Estate Planning Traps