Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP v. Forier

BLACK, Judge.

Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP (“Johnson Pope”) and Roger Larson appeal the trial court’s nonfinal order denying their motion to compel arbitration. 1 Johnson Pope argues that the trial court erroneously concluded that enforcement of the arbitration clause, which was part of the legal services contract and required arbitration of malpractice claims, violates public policy. Because there is no authority in Florida stating that it is against public policy for legal services contracts to contain clauses requiring arbitration of legal malpractice claims, we reverse.

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