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Lipton & Margolin, APC v. Ko CA2/2
A law firm sued its former client for unpaid attorney fees, and the client countersued for malpractice. Both sets of claims went to arbitration and neither party prevailed on its claims. After the client successfully moved to have the arbitrator’s ruling confirmed, he sought over $15,000 in costs. The trial court awarded him $60. The client now appeals the trial court’s order compelling arbitration as well as its ruling on costs. We conclude that we lack jurisdiction over the former, and that the client has failed to establish error as to the latter. Accordingly, we affirm.

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