Wong v. Bresler

Opinion

HAERLE, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is an appeal from two probate court orders awarding statutory attorney fees to respondent Peter Bresler (Bresler), the first of several attorneys who represented appellant Donna Wong (appellant) in her capacity as executor of the estate of her deceased husband, Dennis Wong (the Wong estate).

Appellant claims that Bresler is not entitled to statutory compensation for his probate work in this case because (1) the parties did not execute a written fee agreement entitling Bresler to that compensation and (2) appellant rescinded her attorney services agreement…