LISKA v. ARNS LAW FIRM

No. A102926.

12 Cal.Rptr.3d 21 (2004)

117 Cal.App.4th 275

George LISKA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. The ARNS LAW FIRM et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

March 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Petro, for plaintiff and appellant.

Robert S. Arns and Morgan C. Smith, San Francisco, for defendants and respondents.


POLLAK, J.

May a client who loses a binding fee arbitration conducted pursuant to the mandatory fee arbitration statute (MFA), Business and Professions Code section 6200 et seq.,1 file a subsequent action against the attorney predicated on the same allegations of misconduct or breach of contract that formed the basis of the fee dispute? We hold that the client may do so, but that the client...

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