Legal Opinion
Coady v. Ashcraft & Gerel
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 8, 2000No. 99-2165PublishedCited by 209 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The parting of ways of attorneys in a law firm is often difficult; in this instance it has been unusually acrimonious. In this dispute between Edward Paul Coady, an attorney, and Ashcraft & Gerel, his former law firm, the firm appeals the district court’s confirmation of an arbitration award. The core of this case concerns the award to Coady of $45,000 in additional bonus compensation, plus fees and expenses for the arbitration. Ashcraft & Gerel argues that the arbitrators exceeded their authority under the limited arbitration clause of Coady’s employment agreement.…
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