Brandon Jones Sandall Zeide Kohn Chalal & Musso, P.A. v. Beasley & Hauser, P.A.

Here we review an order refusing to vacate an arbitration award. The trial court found that the party seeking such relief failed to prove “evident partiality” on the part of the neutral arbitrator. We affirm.

The subject of the arbitration was attorneys’ fees. The client doctors and their attorneys could not agree on the amount, if any, of additional fees due for representation at the end of an appellate matter. To settle their differences, they entered into an after-the-fact agreement to arbitrate. They agreed to a panel of three arbitrators, all of whom would be members of the Florida Bar.…