Chamberlin

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERLIN, Case No. 19-cv-08243-JCS

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO

9 v. DISMISS, MOTION TO STRIKE, AND

MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY

10 HARTOG, BAER & HAND, APC, et al., JUDGMENT Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 10, 11, 30 11

12 I. INTRODUCTION 13 Plaintiff Christopher Chamberlin, pro se, brings this action against his former attorneys, 14 Defendants Hartog, Baer & Hand, APC (“HBH”) and its three named partners David Baer, John 15 Hartog, and Margaret Hand, asserting claims for fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary duty 16 and the duty of loyalty, malpractice, and declaratory judgment that his retainer agreement with 17 HBH is void. The thrust of Christopher Chamberlin’s claims is that Defendants failed to disclose 18 a purported conflict of interest with respect to Michael Levin, who is Christopher Chamberlin’s 19 uncle, served as the executor of Christopher Chamberlin’s mother Jane Chamberlin’s estate, and 20 was his adversary in the underlying…