Woods v. Hill

This action for legal malpractice is the epilogue to what this court previously has described as a series of “[procedural misadventures.” Defendant, an attorney, represented plaintiff in connection with the dissolution of plaintiffs marriage. The dissolution case was referred to court-annexed arbitration. Defendant then stipulated to “binding” arbitration with the proviso that neither party to the arbitration “waive[d] its right to appeal the judgment or any decision to the Oregon Court of Appeals.” After the arbitration award was entered, plaintiff, acting pro se, filed a notice of appeal in…