Legal Opinion
Umana v. Swidler & Berlin, Chartered
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 2000No. 97-CV-694PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
This case is before the court for a second time. In his first appeal, John Umana asked the court to vacate an arbitral award in favor of Swidler & Berlin that rejected Umana’s principal claim that he was an equity partner in the firm. That appeal was dismissed as having been taken from a non-final order because Umana’s claims against eleven individual members of the firm, which were part of his original complaint, were still pending. See Umana v. Swidler & Berlin, 669 A.2d 717 (D.C.1995). In this appeal, Umana argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a…
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