BDO Seidman, LLP v. Bee

BDO Seidman, LLP, a New York limited liability partnership engaged in an international accounting practice, appeals a final judgment awarding a former Florida partner, Charles Bee, his substantial attorney’s fees incurred in obtaining an arbitration award against BDO for approximately $4 million plus prejudgment interest. The issue presented is apparently one of first impression: whether an attorney’s fee statute applicable to an action for “unpaid wages,” section 448.08, Florida Statutes (2008), 1 applies to a compensation dispute between a partner and an LLP. On the record presented, we…