Tony Storm, left, and Tigran Palyan
Family law partners Anthony D. Storm and Tigran Palyan met for the first time over lunch in 2009 at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.
"It's kind of weird because I really got introduced to a bunch of people there," Palyan said. "But for whatever reason, I kept seeing him around, and we became friends."
Both lawyers were working for family law judges at the time - Storm was clerking and Palyan was a research attorney.... (continued)