Nezami

I.

INTRODUCTION

Mohammad Nezami executed a promissory note in favor of respondent Abraham

Poladian (Abraham) in the amount of $473,000. Nezami and Abraham both executed a

promissory note in the amount of $1.02 million and a deed of trust in favor of respondent

Jacqueline Poladian (Jacqueline) on a ranch (the Ranch) that Nezami and Abraham

owned. At the time the notes were executed, Nezami and Abraham were business

partners. Nezami filed this action against respondents, seeking to avoid his obligation to

pay Abraham and to prevent foreclosure on the Ranch by Jacqueline. Abraham filed a

cross-complaint in which he sought enforcement of the note. After a bench trial, the trial

court entered judgment in favor of respondents on Nezami's claims and in favor of

Abraham on his cross-claim. The trial court also entered an order awarding respondents

attorney fees based on attorney fee provisions in the promissory notes and deed of trust.

Nezami, appearing in propria persona, appeals from the judgment and the attorney

fee order. On appeal, Nezami claims that two attorneys and the defendant had a "conflict

of interest" in light of the facts of this case; the trial court…