Thompson Hine, LLP v. Elicko Taieb

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

TATEL, Circuit Judge.

A Florida resident retained lawyers in an Ohio law firm’s District of Columbia office to represent him in a matter pending in Oregon. When the client refused to pay for services rendered, the firm sued in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the court dismissed the case for lack of personal jurisdiction. Because neither the retainer itself nor anything about the client’s dealings with the law firm demonstrates that the client “purposefully avail[ed] [himjself of the privilege of conducting…