Bennett v. Prawer

Opinion

tae at oo LAS ia be STATE OF MAINE ee ee. °. SUPERIOR COURT

CUMBERLAND, ss “ *: CEVIL ACTION ify 7 3 0 DOCKET! NO. CV-00-250 JEFFREY BENNETT, ESQ. and A gpa Cur 2/7/9004

THE BENNETT LAW FIRM

f/k/a BENNETT BENNETT AND TROIANO, P.A.

f/k/a BENNETT and ASSOCIATES, P.A., Petitioners

v. ORDER

HARVEY PRAWER, GILBERT PRAWER and S$. PRAWER & COMPANY,

Respondents Petitioners Jeffrey Bennett, Esq. and The Bennett Law Firm seeks to vacate the Fee Arbitration Commission Panel’s Award dated 12/30/99. The petitioners argue that the issue presented to the Commission was not substantively arbitrable and that the Commission exceeded its authority. These arguments are without merit. See 14

M.R.S.A. § 5938(1)(C) (1980); M. Bar. R. 3.3(c) & 9; Union River Valley Teachers

Ass'n v. Lamoine School Comm., 2000 ME 57, 5, 748 A.2d 990, 991-92; Harrington vy, Lord, 1997 ME 201, q 7, 704 A.2d 1211, 1213-14; Tabs A, B & D attached to Petition/Motion to Vacate; Tab 1 attached to Affidavit of Jeffrey Bennett in Support

of Motion to Permit Service by Mail or Publication; see also V.LP., Inc. v. First Tree

Dev. Ltd. Liab. Co., 2001 ME 73, 7 3, __ A.2d __ (final decision on question of

substantive arbitrability rests with court). The entry is

The Petition/Motion to Vacate arvifati

Dated: May 6, 2001. / Nancy Mills [/ Justice, Superior Cotfrt

Date Filed ___04-18-00 CIMBERLAND

Docket No.

County

Action ARBITRATION AWARDS

JEFFREY BENENTT, ESQ AND BENNETT BENNETT AND TROIANO, P.A, fka BENNETT and ASSOCIATES, P.A,

DISMISSED--

WS.

HARVEY PRAWER,

GILBERT PRAWER

5.PRAWER & COMPANY

THE FEE ARBITRATION COMMISSION OF

THE BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE MAINE BAR

Plaintiff's Attorney JEFFREY BENNETT, ESQ 773-4775 PO BOX 7799, PORTLAND ME 04112

Defendant's Attorney

KAREN KINGSLEY, Esq (OVERSEERS) P.O.BOX 527

AUGUSTA, MAINE 04332-0527

623-1121

JOUN P. MCVEIGH, ESQ. (H & G PRAWER & PO BOX 9546 5. PRAWER & CO

PORTLAND, ME 04112-9546