Nodvin v. State Bar of Georgia

Carley, Justice.

A former client of attorney Marvin R Nodvin filed a petition with the State Bar’s Committee on the Arbitration of Fee Disputes. Nodvin responded, but exercised his right not to be bound by the result of the arbitration, and the Committee accepted jurisdiction over the fee dispute. Nodvin then brought suit for injunctive and declaratory relief and for damages, primarily challenging the constitutionality of those fee arbitration rules which provide for selection of the lawyer arbitrators and, in the event of ensuing litigation, for the client to be represented by a lawyer and…