Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital, LLC v. Danning, Gill, Diamond & Kollitz

Opinion

FLIER, J.

Appellant Danning, Gill, Diamond & Kollitz (DGDK), a law firm, and respondent Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital, LLC (Credit Suisse), filed cross-motions for summary judgment. The trial court denied and granted, respectively, DGDK’s and Credit Suisse’s motions. The fundamental question is whether a lien that arises upon service of an order to appear at a judgment debtor examination, referred to by the parties as an “ORAP” lien, applies to funds acquired by DGDK from the judgment debtor (not a party to this appeal) after the ORAP lien came into existence. The trial…