Leonard R. Cummings v. Charles R. Bean, Esq.

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Disposition: Award to Petitioner

Issued by: Fee Arbitration Commission

Docket #: 12-414

Dated: April 22, 2013

Bar Number: 002805

The undersigned, constituting a duly authorized Fee Arbitration Panel of the Fee Arbitration Commission of the Board of Overseers of the Bar, having been designated to hear the controversy existing between the above-named parties in accordance with the provisions of the Petitioner's Petition, and after a hearing before the Panel on March 14, 2013, in Portland, Maine at which the Respondent did not appear and at which evidence was submitted by Petitioner and argument heard, and after considering the evidence and the argument, the Panel finds as follows:

Petitioners' claim for reimbursement of a retainer in the amount of $900.00 is granted with no interest because no work was performed by the Respondent.

Rufus E. Brown, Esq., Chair

Darren Defoe, Esq. Attorney Member

Michael B. Reynolds, Lay Member