Younessi

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs and appellants Ramin R. Younessi (Younessi) and Law Offices of Ramin R. Younessi, a professional law corporation (LORY-Corp.), appeal from a judgment entered after the trial court granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by defendants and respondents Michael A. Killackey (Killackey) and Killackey Law Offices, LLP (KLO-LLP). Plaintiffs contend that the trial court erred in acting upon four ex parte applications in the course of the case: granting defendants’ ex parte application for a trial continuance; denying plaintiffs’ ex parte application for a trial continuance or stay of the proceedings; denying plaintiffs’ request for 30 days leave to amend the complaint, rather than 5 days, after the trial court granted defendants’ first motion for judgment on the pleadings; and vacating the plaintiffs’ voluntary dismissal of the conversion cause of action that was filed the day before the judgment. We affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This case concerns attorney fees for the representation of Veronica Munoz, who, in November 2008, was injured in an automobile accident involving James Sheridan. In April 2010, Munoz retained…