McCROSKEY, FELDMAN, COCHRANE & BROCK, PC v. WATERS

Defendant appeals as of right a December 3, 1990, order of the Muskegon Circuit Court entering judgment on an arbitration award in favor of plaintiff. We affirm.

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At issue in this appeal is the enforceability of an employment agreement entered into between defendant and his former law partners. Defendant is a former veteran director of plaintiff law firm. On or about January 31, 1988, defendant left the firm to start his own practice. About a year before his departure, defendant signed an employment contract containing the following provision, paragraph 17, governing the allocation of fees:

If…