Gibbs v. Holland & Knight, LLP

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Shirley Werner Kornreich, J.), entered April 30, 2015, which granted defendant’s motion to compel arbitration and stay this action, and order, same court and Justice, entered October 22, 2015, which denied plaintiff’s motion for renewal, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The motion court correctly found that, although plaintiff had not signed the partnership agreement containing the arbitration provision, he had assumed the duty to arbitrate by annually agreeing to be bound by the partnership agreement and by repeatedly invoking the dispute resolution…