Kenne

INTRODUCTION

Defendant and cross-complainant Zelma R. Stennis (Zelma) appeals from the portion of a judgment entered after a jury trial in favor of plaintiff and cross-defendant Kathleen A. Kenne (Kenne). Kenne appeals from the portions of the judgment in favor of Zelma and awarding attorney‟s fees and costs in favor of defendant Kevin P. Stennis (Kevin). Kevin also appeals from the judgment as to the award of attorney‟s fees and costs. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Kenne was an attorney and a personal friend of—and at one time romantically involved with—William Davis (Davis), a disbarred attorney. Davis was an old family friend of Zelma and her family, including her son, Kevin, who was a Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County. Kenne had been introduced to Kevin in 1997 when they were both law students. In 2003, Zelma sued Cecil McNabb (McNabb) for money he owed her arising from his purchase of her restaurant chain, Golden Bird, Inc., and from his lease of two restaurant locations which belonged to Zelma. She also sought to evict McNabb from her commercial real property known as 12801 and 12815 South Central Avenue in Los Angeles (the Central Avenue…