Pech

Filed 2/18/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

RICHARD PECH, B309781

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. v. 20STCV18681)

STEPHEN M. DONIGER, et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Elaine Lu, Judge. Affirmed. Richard Pech, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant. Blakely Law Group and Brent H. Blakely for Defendants and Respondents.

_________________________________________________ In a lawsuit asserting multiple claims against his former clients and their new attorneys, attorney Richard Pech alleged that the new attorneys interfered with his fee agreement by advising the clients not to file a complaint that Pech drafted. The new attorneys filed a motion to strike all of Pech’s claims against them under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (the anti- SLAPP statute). 1 The trial court granted the motion in part, striking the claim for interference with contract. On appeal, Pech contends the anti-SLAPP motion should have been denied,…