Attorney Did Not Represent Client So As To Practicing In Unauthorized Fashion And Pre-Arbitration Fees Fell Within Broad Arbitration Clause.
Arbitration fee awards are hard to overturn, as 1600 Barberry Lane 8 v. Mikles, Case No. D081775 (4th Dist., Div. 1 Jan. 17, 2024) (unpublished) establishes that well, in line with prior posts under our “Arbitration” Category. There, the appellate court affirmed an arbitrator’s decision to compensate an out-of-state attorney’s work effort because he only provided legal research to counsel authorized to practice law in California and to allow pre-arbitration expenses as within the scope of a clause allowing for reimbursement of “other tribunal fees and expenses.” Merits and factual determinations by an arbitrator are hard to overturn.