California Court of Appeal

California law does not allow a plaintiff to pursue a claim of attorney-client conspiracy to deplete the assets of an assignor corporation based solely on allegations of unnecessary and excessive fees charged by assignee's counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/29/2005
• Published 07/29/2005

Judges

• McADAMS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• SulmeyerKupetz, Alan G. Tippie, Steven R. Wainess, Los Angeles, for Appellant Sherwood Partners, Inc., Sedgwick, Detert, Moran, & Arnold, Randall A. Miller, Robert S. Silver, Bijan Esfandiari, Hall R. Marston, Los Angeles, for Appellant SulmeyerKupetz.


• For Appellees:
  
• Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory RobertR. Moore, Michael J. Betz, San Francisco, for Respondent.