Mulberg

I.

BACKGROUND

The parties have spent years litigating their disputes, and we restate at length some of the relevant background, which we described in an earlier appeal:1 “Amster hired Mulberg from 2008 to 2012 to help her with matters related to an anticipated inheritance. During this time, Amster paid Mulberg for some, but not all, of the attorney fees incurred.

1 We grant Mulberg’s December 26, 2024 request for judicial notice of

various filings from his previous appeals.

1 “When her mother died in 2011, Amster inherited property titled in a trust and, with the apparent authority to do so, she appointed Mulberg as trustee. It is uncontested that . . . Mulberg used trust funds to pay himself the attorney fees that Amster incurred in her individual capacity. Specifically, Mulberg used trust assets to pay himself $35,000 in October 2011 and $27,819.75 in January 2012. The total amount was $62,819.75, which we, as do the parties, round to $62,820. After Mulberg made these payments to himself, he sent Amster a statement in April 2012 notifying her that her individual attorney fees had been paid in full. “In 2013, the parties’ relationship deteriorated, and in 2014 probate…