Opinion ID: 2336375
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 12

Heading: Fulbright & Jaworski Lawsuit

Text: As a result of their dispute with Respondent, on November 5, 1991, Fulbright & Jaworski filed a lawsuit ( Fulbright & Jaworski v. Liang-Houh Shieh, et al., case no. BC41515), alleging that Respondent and others had engaged in numerous tortious acts of misconduct during and after his employment with that firm. Counsel for Fulbright & Jaworski, the firm of Quinn, Kully and Morrow, noticed deposition of a number of third party witnesses who were purported clients of Respondent, beginning in January 1992. Respondent served objections to the depositions, stating that none of the individuals would attend the proposed depositions. Fulbright & Jaworski filed a motion to compel, and on February 25, 1992, Superior Court Judge Edward Kakita ordered Respondent and the other deponents to appear at their depositions. The depositions were noticed for April 2, 1992, and Respondent filed objections and indicated that neither he nor the other deponents would appear. Fulbright & Jaworski filed another motion to compel, and on May 4, 1992, Respondent was ordered to pay sanctions of $1,500 to Fulbright for disregarding the court's February 25, 1992 order and for acting without reasonable justification. A default judgment was entered on June 18, 1992, in favor of Fulbright & Jaworski. On September 11, 1992, Judge Robert M. Mallano found that this case was related to three other proceedings then pending in the Superior Court, Shieh v. Christooher, et al. (case no. BC054981), Araiza v. Shieh, et al. (case no. GC004191), and Say & Say v. Castellano, et al . (case no. BC059833), within the meaning of Los Angeles Superior Court local rule 1303.6. All the cases were assigned to Judge Kakita and the proceedings which flowed therefrom will be discussed post.