Dale Korhonen, Sr. v. Leonard I. Sharon, Esq.
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Disposition: Dismissal
Issued by: Fee Arbitration Commission
Docket #: FAC#14-590
Dated: September 2, 2015
Bar Number: 003291
The undersigned, constituting a duly authorized Fee Arbitration Panel of the Fee Arbitration Commission of the Board of Overseers of the Bar, having been designated to hear the controversy existing between the above-named parties in accordance with the provisions of the Petitioner's Petition and the Respondent's Reply, and after hearings before the Panel on August 19, 2015 in Portland, Maine at which evidence was submitted and argument heard, and after considering the evidence and the argument, the Panel finds as follows:
Petitioner's claim for a refund $10,150 paid for fees and expenses is DENIED.
In order to preserve the confidentiality of the testimony submitted at the hearing, the findings of fact and conclusions are not set forth in the Award and Determination. This Award and Determination is accompanied, however, by a separate supplemental document which sets forth the findings of fact and conclusions of the Panel. By ruling of the Chair, the attached supplemental document shall not be considered part of the Award, which is a public document. In accordance with Maine Bar Rule 7(f)(1), the supplemental document shall be confidential and shall not be open to the public or disclosed to any person except as otherwise set forth in Maine Bar Rule 7(h).
The Award and Determination is in full settlement of all claims submitted to this Arbitration Panel.
Dated: September 2, 2015
Rufus E. Brown, Esq. Panel Chair
Daniel Mitchell, Esq., Panel Member
Michael Reynolds, Public Member
