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SCHATZ v. ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE & MALLORY LLP

No. S150371.

45 Cal.4th 557 (2009)

RICHARD A. SCHATZ, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE & MALLORY LLP, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

January 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, Pamela Phillips, Ethan P. Schulman, Sean M. SeLegue, Jonas M. Nahoum; Rogers Joseph O'Donnell & Phillips and Zachary M. Radford for Defendant and Appellant.

Cooley Godward Kronish, Paul A. Renne and Charles M. Schaible for Nine Law Firms as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Joseph L. Schatz for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MORENO, J.

Under the mandatory fee arbitration act (MFAA; Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6200 et seq.),1 when there is a fee dispute between an attorney and a client, the client may choose to submit the matter to arbitration by a local bar association. If the client elects such arbitration, the attorney must agree to arbitrate. The arbitration will be binding, however, only if the attorney and client...

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