Butler v. Dunlap

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

Rex Butler challenges the standard of review applied by the superior court in upholding a Bar Association Fee Arbitration Panel’s decision awarding a $4,417.50 attorney’s fee refund. He argues in part that the proper scope of review is not the highly deferential standard called for by the Uniform Arbitration Act but, rather, the arbitrary and capricious standard applied in cases of mandatory arbitration.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

On July 29, 1993, Donald Dunlap entered into a written contract governing the provision of legal services by Rex Butler. Under the terms of the…