MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – A Miami law firm is hoping a federal judge will affirm the arbitration award it earned against a former client it says didn’t pay its bills.
Sanchez Fischer Levine filed its petition Jan. 20, hoping to force BDT Investments to pay the $81,000 award reached in arbitration in October. The Barbados-based company hired the firm in 2019 for a pair of lawsuits.
The engagement agreement had an arbitration clause, Sanchez Fischer Levine says.
“Although SFL sent monthly invoices to BDT listing the legal services rendered and costs incurred, BDT failed to submit payment… within the prescribed time,” the petition says. “BDT’s non-payment of the legal fees ultimately resulted in the termination of the attorney-client relationship between the parties.”
Arbitrator Carlos Concepcion of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution sided with the firm in October and ordered BDT to make the payment within 30 days.