Wayne H. Drake v. Thomas S. Carey, Esq.

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Disposition: Award to Respondent

Issued by: Fee Arbitration Commission

Docket #: FAC# 14-265

Dated: November 12, 2014

Bar Number: 000095

The undersigned constitutes a duly authorized Fee Arbitration Panel of the Fee Arbitration Commission of the Board of Overseers of the Bar. A hearing on this matter was held on Thursday, October 16, 2014, in Lewiston, Maine. Both the Petitioner and Respondent were present and testified. Based upon the evidence introduced, the Panel finds as follows:

The Petitioner shall pay the Respondent the sum of $4944.00 as reasonable compensation for legal services rendered.

In order to preserve the confidentiality of the written materials and the testimony submitted at the hearing, the findings of fact and conclusions are not set forth in the Award and Determination. This Award and Determination is accompanied, however, by a separate supplemental document which sets forth the findings of facts and conclusions of the Panel. By ruling of the Chair, the attached supplemental document shall not be considered part of the award, which is a public document. In accordance with Maine Bar Rule 9(j), the supplemental document shall be confidential and shall not be open to the public or disclosed to any person except as otherwise set forth in Maine Bar Rule 9(j).

The Award and Determination is in full settlement of all claims submitted to the Arbitration Panel.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed to this award on Wednesday, November 12, 2014.


Darren Defoe, Esq., Panel Chair
Michael R. Poulin, Esq., Panel Member
Stephen W. Veazey, Public Member