UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERLIN, Case No. 19-cv-08243-JCS
Plaintiff,
ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS, MOTION TO STRIKE, AND
MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY
HARTOG, BAER & HAND, APC, et al., JUDGMENT Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 10, 11, 30
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Christopher Chamberlin, pro se, brings this action against his former attorneys, Defendants Hartog, Baer & Hand, APC (“HBH”) and its three named partners David Baer, John Hartog, and Margaret Hand, asserting claims for fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary duty and the duty of loyalty, malpractice, and declaratory judgment that his retainer agreement with HBH is void. The thrust of Christopher Chamberlin’s claims is that Defendants failed to disclose a purported conflict of interest with respect to Michael Levin, who is Christopher Chamberlin’s uncle, served as the executor of Christopher Chamberlin’s mother Jane Chamberlin’s estate, and was his adversary in the underlying…