HODGES v. REASONOVER

No. 2012-CC-0043.

103 So.3d 1069 (2012)

Jacqueline T. HODGES and HRC Solutions, Inc. (formerly known as Med-Data Management, Inc.) v. Kirk REASONOVER, Esq., Alfred A. Olinde, Jr., Esq. and Reasonover & Olinde, LLC.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schonekas, Evans, McGoey & McEachin, LLC, Kyle Schonekas , Ian Atkinson , William P. Gibbens , New Orleans, LA, for Applicant.

Matthews & Warriner, LLC, Robert Hugh Matthews , Pauline Marie Warriner , New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.


KNOLL, J.

We are called on to decide whether a binding arbitration clause in an attorney-client retainer agreement is enforceable where the client has filed suit for legal malpractice. This case presents two important countervailing public policies: Louisiana and federal law explicitly favor the enforcement of arbitration clauses in written contracts; by the same token, Louisiana law also imposes a fiduciary duty of the highest order requiring attorneys to act with...

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