Legal Recovery LLc v. Lei CA1/5

I. BACKGROUND

As summarized by our colleagues in prior unpublished opinions deciding appeals arising out of the Yans’s conduct, Demas is a vexatious litigant and disbarred attorney who has engaged in frivolous and harassing litigation against Lei and Fu for over a decade.3 Demas’s mother, Tina, has assisted him in pursuing this frivolous litigation by serving as a plaintiff in lawsuits against Lei and Fu and has also been declared a vexatious litigant.

2 We incorporate the unpublished opinion in Lei v. Yan (June 2, 2023,

A164796) (Lei I), in which Division Three of this court imposed $8,500 in sanctions on its own motion against Tina and her counsel William Leeds Disston, Jr. (who is also the counsel of record in this case) for bringing a frivolous appeal against Lei and Fu. We also incorporate the unpublished opinion in Lei v. Yan (July 31, 2019, A155163) (Lei II), in which Division Four of this court imposed $8,500 in sanctions against Demas for bringing another frivolous appeal against Lei and Fu. The 2023 sanctions have been paid but the 2019 sanctions remain unpaid. 3 The parties’ longstanding dispute originates from a soured business

partnership between Demas and Tony Fu…