Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
December 3, 2008 Clifford W. Taylor,
Chief Justice
136436 Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Marilyn Kelly
Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
SEYBURN, KAHN, GINN, BESS, Stephen J. Markman,
DEITCH AND SERLIN, P.C., Justices
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v SC: 136436
COA: 272903
Oakland CC: 1999-018126-CK
KIRIT BAKSHI,
Defendant-Appellee.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the April 1, 2008
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall
include among the issues to be briefed: (1) whether the plaintiff’s action was brought to
recover the balance due upon a mutual and open account; (2) if so, whether MCL
600.5831 applies to an action brought by an attorney against his client to recover unpaid
legal fees; (3) whether legal services performed after termination of an attorney-client
relationship can be “the last item proved in the account” under MCL 600.5831;
(4) whether there can be a “mutual and open account” after termination of an attorney-
client relationship; and (5) whether a claim by an attorney against his client for unpaid
legal fees always accrues on the date the attorney-client relationship ends.
Persons or groups interested in the determination of the issues presented in this
case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.
I, Corbin R. Davis, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
December 3, 2008 _________________________________________
p1125 Clerk