Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs & Shapiro, LLP v. Goff

Opinion

ROTHSCHILD, Acting P. J.

George and Esther Goff appeal from a judgment confirming an arbitration award in favor of the law firm Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs & Shapiro, LLP1 (the Firm), which previously represented the Goffs. The parties submitted a fee dispute to arbitration. The arbitrators issued an award for the Firm in the amount of $654,658.28 plus interest. The Goffs contend that the trial court should have vacated the award because the arbitrators exceeded their powers by ruling that the arbitration was binding. We agree and therefore reverse.

*429BACKGROUND

I. Procedural Summary

On March…