HOLDINGS: [1]-Code Civ. Proc., § 340.6, subd. (a), applied to

HOLDINGS: [1]-Code Civ. Proc., § 340.6, subd. (a), applied to bar a client’s contract claims against her former attorneys because the claims relied on proof that the attorneys violated professional obligations, as they were based on the attorneys’ alleged misconduct in allocating the settlement funds in a personal injury action in which they had represented her, and the claims were not brought within one year after she discovered the false charges that formed the basis of the claims; [2]- The client’s conversion and fraud claims were time-barred under Code Civ. Proc., § 338, as she failed to bring them within three years of her discovery of the alleged wrongful charges and fraudulent withholding by the attorneys; [3]-Code Civ. Proc., § 340.6, subd. (a), applied to bar the client’s unfair business practices claim, as it was the more specific statute than Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17208.

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Outcome

Judgment affirmed.