Lawrence v. RICHMAN GROUP OF CT LLC

Plaintiff John F. Lawrence and the named appellees have engaged in extensive litigation over a number of years in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Janet Bond Arterton, Judge; Joan Glazer Margolis, Magistrate Judge), regarding Lawrence’s claim for commissions owed on the sale of securities. A contested issue between the parties was whether the proper forum for resolution of Lawrence’s commissions claim was judicial or arbitral. The tortured factual and procedural background to this dispute is set forth in the district court’s published opinions in this case,…