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LAW OFF. OF J BACHER, PLLC v. SAFTLER

654334/19. 565713/19. Appeal No. 14465. Case No. 2021-01913.

198 A.D.3d 570 (2021)

152 N.Y.S.3d 894

2021 NY Slip Op 05818

Law Office of J Bacher, PLLC, Respondent, v. Lawrence B. Saftler, Doing Business as Law Office of Lawrence B. Saftler, Appellant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. James Bacher, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided October 26, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Office of Steven A. Meisner, Garden City ( Steven A. Meisner of counsel), for appellant.

Ledy-Gurren Bass & Siff LLP, White Plains ( Nancy Ledy-Gurren of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Kern, J.P., Oing, Singh, Mendez, Higgitt, JJ.

The arbitration clause in the operating agreement of the now dissolved law firm is contained in a paragraph on dissolution of the partnership, and provides, "Those cases brought into the partnership where origination is unknown or in dispute will be resolved by agreement between the partners and where agreement cannot be reached, resolved by arbitration, to be decided by the partners." This narrow clause provides for arbitration of one issue only: which partner originated...

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