Ronald L. Durkin, Trustee of the Benchmark Irrevocable Trust v. Shea & Gould Sheldon Camhy, Ronald L. Durkin v. Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach

92 F.3d 1510 65 USLW 2125 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6146 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10 ,095 Ronald L. DURKIN, Trustee of the Benchmark Irrevocable Trust, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHEA & GOULD; Sheldon Camhy, Defendants-Appellants. Ronald L. DURKIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MILBERG, WEISS, BERSHAD, HYNES & LERACH, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 95-55432, 95-55434. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 11, 1996. Decided Aug. 19, 1996. Jay D. Hanson, Gray, Cary, Ware & Freidenrich, San Diego, California, for defendants-appellants Shea & Gould. Donald G. Rez, Sullivan, Hill, Lewin & Markham, San Diego, California, for defendants-appellants Milberg Weiss et al. Francis J. Burke, Jr., Steptoe & Johnson, Phoenix, Arizona, for plaintiff-appellee Ronald L. Durkin. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Irma E. Gonzalez, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. Nos. CV-92-01003-IEG, CV-92-01003-IEG. Before: O'SCANNLAIN and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and VAN SICKLE, * District Judge. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: 1 In this second of two related cases 1 arising out of the failure of Imperial Savings…