California Court of Appeal

Trial court's order granting a law firm's petition to confirm an arbitration award and denying defendant's petition to vacate the award, arising from the law firm's prior representation of defendant in a lawsuit, is reversed as an arbitrator's failure to disclose facts as required by section 1281.9 warrants vacatur of the award, and here, upon his appointment the arbiter had a duty to timely disclose to the parties the nature of his legal practice, including the fact that he was then representing a law firm engaged in a fee dispute with a former client.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/12/2010
• Published 10/12/2010

Judges

• Kline

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Maria Garfinkle, Andrew J. Weill