UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERLIN, Case No. 19-cv-08243-JCS
Plaintiff,
ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS IN PART FIRST AMENDED
COMPLAINT
HARTOG, BAER & HAND, APC, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 47 Defendants.
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. Most of Christopher Chamberlin’s claims are based on his theory 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 probate litigation for which …