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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
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Feb-09-2017 9:58 am
Case Number: CPF-17-515444
Filing Date: Feb-09-2017 9:58
Filed by: JOSE RIOS-MERIDA
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RIMON, P.C. VS. WHITMAN PARTNERS, L.P.
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Brian T. Hafter (CA State Bar No. 173151)
brian.hafter@rimonlaw.com
RIMON P.C.
One Embarcadero Center #400
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: (415) 810-8403
Attorneys for Petitioner
RIMON, P.C.
CLERK COURT
FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO By :
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CASE NO. CPF-17-515444
RIMON, P.C.,
Petitioner,
v.
WHITMAN PARTNERS, L.P,
Respondent.
CALIFORNIA SUPERIOR COURT
Arbitration Award
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Dept: 302
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[Rrepesed] Order Granting Petition to Confirm
Date: February 9, 2017
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On February 9, 2017, the Court heard oral argument on Petitioner Rimon, P.C.’s
(“Petitioner”) Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award. Having considered the papers and argument
submitted by the parties, the Court ORDERS as follows:
The Arbitration Award attached hereto as Exhibit A is hereby confirmed, and
Petitioner is entitled to Judgment thereon. See Cal. Code. Civ. Proc. § 1285, et seq.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: 2 | 42017 SSD
JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
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[Proposed] Order Granting Petition to Confirm Arbitration AwardEXHIBIT A0 ON DH BF WN
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ARBITRATION
RIMON, P.C., STIPULATED AWARD
Claimant, Date: December 28, 2016
v. Time: 2:30 p.m.
. Location: ‘Telephonic Hearing
WHITMAN PARTNERS, L.P., Arbitrator: Marisa S. Ratinoff, Esq.
Respondent.
STIPULATED AWARD
Claimant RIMON, P.C. (“Rimon”), and Respondent WHITMAN PARTNERS, L.P.
(Whitman Partners”), through their respective counsel of record, do hereby agree and stipulate as
follows:
1. Rimon is a law firm that provided legal services pursuant to a written
engagement agreement dated April 7, 2015 (“Agreement”). Paragraph 8 of the Agreement
contained a provision that required the resolution of any disputes through binding arbitration.
2. A dispute arose concerning the amount of attorneys’ fees and costs owed to
Rimon. The partiesselected Marisa Ratinoff, a third-party neutral arbitrator affiliated with MSR
Dispute Resolution, to serve as the sole arbitrator for this dispute.
3. Rimon filed a Demand for Arbitration. In its pre-hearing brief, Rimon
sought a total of $57,450.67 from Whitman Partners, In its pre-hearing brief, Whitman Partners
disputed that it.owed this amount to Rimon. The parties submitted evidence and identified
witnesses whom they contended would provide testimony in support of their respective positions,
4, A hearing on the merits was scheduled to occur on December 28, 2016.
Before the hearing on the merits was held, the parties engaged in arms-length negotiations in an
effort to resolve this dispute. The parties thereafter agreed to resolve this dispute on the following
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terms: Whitman Partners shall pay to Rimon the total amount of $44,850 (Forty-Four Thousand
Eight Hundred and Fifty Dollars),
5. | Once Rimon receives the $44,850, all claims between Rimon and Whitman
Parties or any related. Parties will be extinguished.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
Dated: December 27, 2016 Rimon P.C,
by: /s/ Brian Tv, Haft -
Brian T. Hafter
Attorneys for Claimant
RIMON, P.C.
Dated: December 27, 2016 Sacks, Ricketts & Case
Is/ Stephen Chari
By:
Stephen Chiari
Attorneys for Respondent
WHITMAN PARTNERS, L.P.
AWARD
Pursuant to the foregoing Stipulated Award, the Arbitrator issues the following
Award:
Respondent WHITMAN PARTNERS, L.P. shall pay to Claimant RIMON, P.C. the
total amount of $44,850 (Forty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Dollars).
ITIS SO ADJUDICATED.
Lye Miia
Marisa S. Ratinoff, itrator
MSR Dispute Resoltition
Dated: December 25, 2016
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