Truong

—Plaintiff Vision Manufacturing, Inc. (VMI), and its president, plaintiff Steven Truong, filed a legal malpractice action against Attorney Bruce M. Glasser arising out of his purported negligent advice in a real estate transaction. Glasser moved for, and the court granted, summary judgment in favor of Glasser on the ground the action was barred by the Code of Civil Procedure section 340.6 one-year statute of limitations. VMI and Truong (together Plaintiffs) timely appealed.

I

RELEVANT UNDISPUTED FACTS

A. The Initial Lease

VMI manufactures printed circuit boards. Because the lease at its manufacturing facility was set to expire at the end of 2005, VMI searched for a new facility, and hired a commercial leasing broker to help in that search.

Plaintiffs located a suitable property for VMI’s facility in Vista, California. The property was owned by Mr. Miller. In September or October of 2005, VMI received a copy of a proposed lease for the property and sent it to Glasser for his review. The lease for the property was apparently signed by VMI in late October 2005, and VMI obtained the keys to the property on November 1, 2005, and began making tenant improvements to the…