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FISHER v. BANDER

No. 86-259.

519 A.2d 162 (1986)

Ben C. FISHER, et al., Appellants, v. Robert N. BANDER, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry H. Gottfried, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Vickie Winn Martin, of the bar of the State of North Carolina, pro hac vice, with whom Bettie Kelley Sousa, Raleigh, N.C., and Warren S. Rosenfeld, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and BELSON, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from the dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction of a breach of contract claim by Fisher, et al., a law firm, against Robert Bander, its former client. We hold that Bander purposely availed himself of the benefits of doing business with Fisher in the District of Columbia, and that therefore the District of Columbia courts have jurisdiction to adjudicate this claim — an...

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