BDO USA, LLP v. Coe

Ray, Judge.

BDO USA, LLP, f/k/a BDO Seidman, LLP, and Michael Whitacre (collectively, “BDO”) filed a petition in the Superior Court of Fulton County to compel arbitration of their disputes with Douglas Coe, Jacqueline Coe, GFLIRB, LLC, DBICHA, LLC, and ALAKE, LLC (collectively, “Coe”). Following a hearing on Coe’s motion to dismiss, the trial court found that the issues that BDO claimed to be arbitrable were then pending before an Illinois court which had jurisdiction to hear a motion to compel arbitration and, therefore, in light of OCGA § 9-9-6 (a), it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to…