Lee v. Selan Law Firm CA2/7
Lee filed this lawsuit in March 2020. According to his operative, second amended complaint, Lee founded Gold Coast—a collection of companies that “dealt with marijuana and marijuana-related products”—with Aaron Taylor. Lee later recruited two other partners, Neema Samari-Kermani and Jeff Buchman, to help run the businesses. Between July 2014 and October 2015 Selan provided Gold Coast with legal services, which included reviewing contracts and obtaining licenses. Selan also “occasionally advised [Lee] on an individual basis about personal matters unrelated” to Gold Coast, even though Lee never signed, in his individual capacity, a retainer agreement with Selan.
Lee asserted three causes of action against Selan: legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract. Each cause of action arose from the same two sets of allegations.
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