Guam attorney David J. Lujan has accused his former client, Junior Larry Hillbroom, the DNA-proven son of the late business tycoon Larry Lee Hillblom, of colluding with Hillbroom\u2019s former trustee to extort monies from him and attorney Barry J. Israel.<\/p>\n
Lujan, through counsel Theodore W. Frank, alleged that Hillbroom and Keith Waibel, the former trustee of JLH Trust (Junior Larry Hillbroom), are \u201clocked together in this extortionary enterprise\u201d against him (Lujan) and Israel.<\/p>\n
In Lujan\u2019s motion to dismiss Waibel\u2019s complaint, Frank disclosed that Waibel and Hillbroom are currently business partners in a call center venture named Oceania Partners Property Ventures, Inc., based in Cebu, the Philippines.<\/p>\n
Frank said that Waibel and Hillbroom in 2006 also invested together in a purported bridge loan venture to facilitate the financing of condominium conversions in Hawaii. He described this investment as \u201cactually a scam.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lawyer said that Hawaiian lawyer Mel Agana is representing Waibel and Hillbroom to pursue their remedies against the perpetrators of the scam in the resulting Hawaii District Court civil action and bankruptcy.<\/p>\n
Hillbroom, who is now based in Idaho, is suing Lujan and 10 other unnamed co-defendants for legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, racketeering activity, civil conspiracy, and violations of the California Business and Professions Code.<\/p>\n
Hillbroom filed the original lawsuit against Lujan in the Central District of California in 2009. The case was dismissed though, after the court found it did not have personal jurisdiction over him. This prompted Hillbroom to file the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the NMI.<\/p>\n
Hillbroom is suing Israel in the U.S. District Court for the NMI for allegedly conspiring to inflate the attorney\u2019s contingency fee when Hillblom\u2019s fortune was still undergoing probate proceedings.<\/p>\n
Hillbroom named Waibel as co-defendant, for negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and racketeering activity.<\/p>\n
Waibel denied the allegations and filed a cross-claim against Israel and Lujan.<\/p>\n
In Lujan\u2019s motion to dismiss, Frank said that Waibel\u2019s complaint is wholly contingent on Hillbroom\u2019s suit because Waibel has not alleged any independent claims against Lujan.<\/p>\n
Frank said that Waibel\u2019s complaint simply asserts claims for indemnity and contribution, alleging that, if he is found liable under Hillbroom\u2019s complaint, Lujan should indemnify him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is in stark contrast to Waibel\u2019s cross-complaint against Lujan in the prior California case where Waibel asserted a claim for fraud directly against Lujan in conjunction with claims for indemnity and contribution,\u201d Frank said.<\/p>\n
Waibel, Frank said, has now abandoned any direct claims against Lujan, so as Hillbroom\u2019s complaint falls, so does Waibel\u2019s third-party complaint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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