Legal Opinion

Velez v. Robert J. DeBry & Associates, PC

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided January 23, 2015No. 20131080-CAPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Memorandum Decision

PEARCE, Judge:

{1 A. Jason Velez appeals from a district court order concluding that he could have asserted his wage-payment penalty claim in a prior arbitration and that his failure to do so precluded him from asserting that claim in a later court proceeding. We agree with the district court and affirm.

( 2 Velez practiced law at Robert J. DeBry & Associates (DeBry) pursuant to a written employment agreement (the Employment Agreement). On July 9, 2010, DeBry exercised its contractual right to terminate Velez's employment without cause by giving him sixty days' written…

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