In Cowan v. Krayzman (2011) 196 Cal.App.4th 907, the issue was not whether the attorney's conduct amounted to neglect, but whether the admitted neglect was committed by the attorney at all, as opposed to the client. The trial court found that the plaintiff's failure to answer the complaint could not be attributed to the attorney because the attorney had not been retained until after the deadline to answer had passed. (Id. at pp. 911, 915.)