Banwait v. Hernandez

Opinion

SIMS, J.

In this case we hold that an attorney who was appointed a neutral arbitrator under section 1281.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure did not have to disclose that he had been represented as a client by the law firm representing one of the parties to the arbitration (though not by the attorney conducting the arbitration), where the representation had concluded at least seven months before the arbitration and had involved less than four hours of the firm’s time and fees of less than $400. (All further statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure unless otherwise noted.)

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