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Litigation

Dec. 6, 2012

San Francisco legal fee fight follows trans-Pacific probate battle over huge estate

A trans-Pacific fee fight between lawyers in Guam and San Francisco is playing out in state court here over legal work stemming from the endlessly contested half-billion-dollar estate of DHL Worldwide Express cofounder Larry Hillblom.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - A trans-Pacific fee fight between lawyers in Guam and San Francisco is playing out in state court here over legal work stemming from the endlessly contested half-billion-dollar estate of DHL Worldwide Express cofounder Larry Hillblom.


Calvo Fisher & Jacob LLP of San Francisco and Guam is suing former client David J. Lujan, a prominent Guam litigator, for nearly a million dollars it ...

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