Moua

Filed 6/24/14; pub. order 7/22/14 (see end of opn.)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

LILAS MOUA, B251787

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC471183) v.

PITTULLO, HOWINGTON, BARKER,

ABERNATHY, LLP et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Joseph R. Kalin, Judge. Affirmed.

OsbornLaw, Richard G. Osborn and Blair J. Berkley for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Nemececk & Cole, Jonathan B. Cole, Claudia L. Stone, and Mark Schaeffer for Defendants and Respondents. Lilas Moua (appellant) appeals from a judgment entered after the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Pittullo, Howington, Barker, Abernathy, LLP; P. Timothy Pittullo (Pittullo) and Jonathon A. Zitney (Zitney) (collectively respondents) on appellant’s claim against respondents for legal malpractice. We affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Appellant was born and educated in the United States. She began living with Alex Ng (Ng) in 1998. Appellant and Ng participated in a traditional Hmong marriage ceremony in February…