Can an attorney continue to act as the client's representative in the absence of a medical malpractice action?

559, 571 (2010) (internal quotation marks omitted). "[S]o long as there are unsettled matters tangential to a case, and the attorney assists the client with these matters, he is acting as his representative." Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). "This 'continuous representation' rule was adopted in order to 'avoid the disruption of an attorney-client relationship by a lawsuit while enabling the attorney to correct or minimize an apparent error, and to prevent an attorney from defeating a malpractice cause of action by continuing to represent the client until the statutory period has expired.'" Laird v. Blacker, 2 Cal. 4th 606, 618 (1992).