Weinberg

FACTS

The limited record before us establishes the following facts: In 2008 and 2009, several related actions were filed arising out of a failed development project in Sierra Madre (the development litigation). In one of those actions (L.A.S.C. Case No. BC39558), appellant, together with Dorn-Platz Properties, Inc. (DPPI), DLG Family Limited Partnership (DLG), and Greg Gallety, asserted claims for negligence and indemnity against attorney Howard Weinberg. In December 2009, in an action separate from the development litigation, respondents DB Beaverton LLC and Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund, LP, obtained a judgment against DPPI, DLG, and Gallety, as well as two other parties involved in the development litigation, namely, Bradley E. Barnes and Barnust Properties Ltd. (Barnust). In 2010, within the development litigation, respondents as judgment creditors secured “ORAP” liens on those judgment debtors’ personal property.1 In February 2011, many of the parties to the development litigation entered into a settlement agreement that resolved some of their disputes, including the claims asserted by appellant, DPPI, DLG, and Gallety against Weinberg. Because

An ORAP lien…