Lori A. Raybine v. Clifford B. Strike, Esq.
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Disposition: Award to Respondent
Issued by: Fee Arbitration Commission
Docket #: FAC#16-266
Dated: January 18, 2017
Bar Number: 008319
The undersigned constitutes a duly authorized Fee Arbitration Panel of the Fee Arbitration Commission of the Board of Overseers of the Bar. This Panel was designed to hear the controversy existing between the above named parties as set forth in the Petitioner?s Petition. A hearing was held on November 2, 2016 at Biddeford, Maine. Petitioner did not appear and could not be reached by telephone. Respondent was present and testified.
Based upon the allegations in the Petitioner?s petition and the evidence introduced, the Panel finds that the Respondent?s charges of $7,500.00 were reasonable for the services rendered and the petition is therefore denied.
In order to preserve the confidentiality of the written materials and 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 facts 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(h), 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).
This Award and Determination is in full settlement of all claims submitted to the Arbitration Panel.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed to this Award and Determination on November 2, 2016.
Susan E. Driscoll, Esq.
Panel 1A Chair
Fee Arbitration Commission
