Kurtz & Perry, P.A. v. Emerson

[¶ 1] This appeal presents the question of whether, and to what extent, a decision by a panel of the Fee Arbitration Commission, pursuant to Maine Bar Rule 9, that is adopted as a judgment of the trial court, may serve as a full or partial bar to a legal malpractice counterclaim asserted in the fee collection action.

[¶ 2] Nancy J. Emerson appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Superi- or Court (Oxford County, Nivison, J.) in favor of the law firm of Kurtz & Perry, P.A., (K & P) and Alan J. Perry on Emerson’s counterclaims and third-party claims for legal malpractice. In granting K & P…