Karl S. Norberg v. Daniel G. Lilley, Esq.

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Disposition: Award to Petitioner

Issued by: Fee Arbitration Commission

Docket #: FAC#15-249

Dated: January 19, 2016

Bar Number: 001870

A duly authorized Fee Arbitration Panel of the Fee Arbitration Commission of the Board of Overseers of the Bar, chaired by the undersigned, was designated to hear the controversy existing between the above-named parties as set forth in the Petitioner's Petition. A hearing was held on November 10, 2015, at Portland, Maine. Both parties provided pre-hearing written submissions and both were present and gave testimony at the hearing. Based on the evidence introduced by the parties, the Panel finds as follows:

The Petitioner is awarded a refund of $4,750.00.

In order to preserve the confidentiality of the written materials and the testimony submitted at the hearing, the findings of fact and conclusions of the Panel 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 he 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 the Arbitration Panel.

The undersigned has subscribed to this award on January 19, 2016.


Rufus E. Brown, Esq.
Panel Chair