Cyril Lawrence, Inc. v. K.S. Aviation, Inc. CA5

facts limited to matters in the record.” (Id., rule 8.204(a)(2)(C).) It is not our responsibility to comb the appellate record for facts. (Del Real v. City of Riverside (2002) 95 Cal.App.4th 761, 768.) Accordingly, our summary of background facts is only as extensive as K.S.’s summary of background facts.

II. Summary of background facts

Plaintiff Cyril Lawrence is an attorney with his own firm, Cyril Lawrence, Inc. Lawrence and his firm are referred to collectively as “Lawrence.” K.S., a California corporation, operated a pilot training center out of Atwater. Daniel Yoon and John Yoon, who are not related, were shareholders of K.S. 2 For some period, Dan served as Chief Financial Officer and John served as President. Lawrence began representing K.S. in 2012 when Dan hired him to represent K.S. in connection with corporate governance and employment law matters. In 2013, Dan engaged Lawrence to represent K.S. in

1Since the sole issue on appeal is a question of law that can be disposed of without even referencing any facts, we provided only a brief synopsis of the facts. These two gentlemen have been referred to as Dan as John throughout this litigation. We continue that…