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BEZIO v. DRAEGER

No. 13-1910.

737 F.3d 819 (2013)

Douglas G. BEZIO, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Scot E. DRAEGER, John M.R. Patterson, Caleb C.B. DuBois & Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer and Nelson, P.A. d/b/a Bernstein Shur, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 16, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valeriano Diviacchi for appellant.

George T. Dilworth , with whom Michael L. Buescher and Drummond Woodsum were on brief, for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and STAHL, Circuit Judges.

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

The question on appeal is whether the district court erred in enforcing an arbitration clause in an attorney-client engagement letter as to malpractice and unfair practice claims brought by a former client under Maine law.

The client is Douglas Bezio, who sued his former law firm of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson (BSSN) and individual defendants, alleging malpractice and violations of Maine's Unfair Trade Practices Act, Me.Rev.Stat...

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