George Ladonicolas v. Donald Beury, Esq., and Beury & Schubel, P.C.

21 F.3d 1114 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. George LADONICOLAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald BEURY, Esq., and Beury & Schubel, P.C., Defendant-Appellees. No. 92-16555. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 14, 1994. Decided April 1, 1994. 1 Before: SCHROEDER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and JONES, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Appellant, the beneficiary of a trust which was improperly executed, sued the attorney who drafted the trust and his defunct law firm for legal malpractice. The district court granted defendants' motion to dismiss on the basis that appellant, under Nevada law, lacked standing to maintain his cause of action and denied appellant's motion to remand as moot. 4 Appellant alleges the district court erred (1) in dismissing the case before it ruled on appellant's motion to remand to state court for lack of diversity citizenship and (2) in finding that plaintiff lacked standing to sue for…