Sean Monks (Of Counsel-San Diego), Drew Bruff (Associate-San Diego) and Michael McCloskey (Partner-San Diego) have represented three brothers (brothers) for several years in a contentious dispute against their sister. The brothers originally were represented by counsel who filed an arbitration against the sister arising out of a dispute involving commercial real estate. The sister filed a counter demand arising out of her perceived interest in a series of biotech entities spearheaded by one brother. In the first phase of that arbitration, the brothers’ claims against their sister were ruled time-barred by way of statute of limitations, and they dismissed their original counsel and hired Sean and Drew to defend them against the sister’s counter demand. The sister’s counsel engaged in substantial overreach by way of 14 causes of action alleging a variety of contract and tort claims, including defamation and RICO, seeking more than $45 million and attorneys’ fees for the sister’s claimed equity in one of the brother’s businesses and other damages. Those claims were the subject of the next arbitration phase resulting in five weeks of testimony with 23 witnesses. Sean, Drew and Mike were fortunate to have exceptional paralegal support provided daily by San Diego paralegal Kirstie Castillo, and the product of their collective effort was a complete defense victory: the 14 claims resulted in a complete defense verdict and zero dollars in recovery. The victory was the result of years of preparation handicapped by the poor presentation and worse outcome due to the performance of the brothers’ first counsel.