Estate of Walker CA1/5

Filed 7/31/14 Estate of Walker CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

Estate of Alexander Greenhorn Walker, Deceased.

JEANNE DALTON, as Administrator, etc.,

Petitioner and Respondent,

A141176

v. (San Mateo County JOHN A. DeRONDE, JR., Super. Ct. No. 123077)

Objector and Appellant. _______________________________________/

Attorney John A. DeRonde, Jr., initially represented Jeanne Dalton, the administrator of Alexander Greenhorn Walker’s estate. Several months later, attorney Marc Seidenfeld replaced DeRonde as Dalton’s attorney. The probate court awarded DeRonde $952.75 and Seidenfeld $14,747.25 in statutory attorney fees (Prob. Code, §§ 10810, 10814)1 and denied DeRonde’s motion for reconsideration. DeRonde appeals in propria…