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petitioner Dawes and Kerry Dawes would obtain 100-percent
ownership of Ameritech.
George Murphy represented petitioner Praegitzer during his
divorce. Mr. Murphy's associate, Debora Dragland, represented
petitioner Praegitzer during the negotiations with petitioner
Dawes' counsel, Mr. Lopez. In a November 14, 1989, letter from
Ms. Dragland to Mr. Lopez, petitioner Praegitzer offered
petitioner Dawes $160,000 to settle his appeal of the divorce
court's award to petitioner Dawes of 2,500 shares in Ameritech,
contingent on his first obtaining Kerry Dawes' 5,000 shares. In
a November 22, 1989, letter from Mr. Lopez' law firm to Ms.
Dragland, petitioner Dawes rejected petitioner Praegitzer's offer
and counter offered $160,000 for his 2,500 shares.
On December 1, 1989, petitioner Praegitzer filed an
injunction (the injunction action) against Ameritech, Kerry
Dawes, and petitioner Dawes to prevent petitioner Dawes from
exercising her rights to the 2,500 shares of stock and also to
prevent Ameritech from transferring the 2,500 shares to
petitioner Dawes.
On December 12, 1989, a judicially supervised settlement
conference on petitioner Praegitzer's appeal of the judgment was
held before retired associate Justice Bertram D. Janes of the
California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District. At
the December 12, 1989, settlement conference, both parties were
represented by counsel. Mr. Lopez represented petitioner Dawes,
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