Katz v. Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

In this diversity defamation action, a pro se plaintiff sues his former law firm with which he disputed a fee, alleging that the law firm made oral and written defamatory statements in the context of the fee arbitration proceeding. Specifically at issue on a threshold dismissal motion are the following questions:(i) whether plaintiffs defamation claims are barred by Virginia’s one-year statute of limitations where, as here, the defendant’s written statements were sent to the arbitration tribunal more than one year before this action was filed, but then…