BIOTECHPHARMA v. LUDWIG & ROBINSON, PLLC

No. 13-CV-546.

98 A.3d 986 (2014)

BIOTECHPHARMA, LLC, et al., Appellants, v. LUDWIG & ROBINSON, PLLC, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Wilson, Jr. , Washington, DC, for appellants.

Robert W. Ludwig , with whom Salvatore Scanio , James E. Tompert , Washington, DC, and W. Clifton Holmes were on the brief, for appellee.

Irvin B. Nathan , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, Donna M. Murasky , Deputy Solicitor General, and James C. McKay, Jr. , Senior Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief for the District of Columbia, amicus curiae, in support of this court's jurisdiction over the present appeal.

Before FISHER and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges, and KING, Senior Judge.


FISHER, Associate Judge:

Appellants — BiotechPharma, LLC; Converting Biophile Laboratories, Inc.; and Dr. Raouf Albert Guirguis (collectively "BTP") — are former clients of appellee Ludwig & Robinson, PLLC ("L & R"), a law firm. L & R sued BTP to collect unpaid legal fees, and BTP moved to stay the litigation and compel arbitration. After the trial court denied the motion, BTP brought this interlocutory appeal, arguing mainly that District...

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