American Arbitration Association

225 Bush Street, 18th Floor

San Francisco, CA  94104 4207




Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 19:44:04 EST



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Anthony J. Keiley, III, Esq.
Law Offices of Anthony J. Keiley, III
Atty for Douglas A. Chaikin
160 W. Santa Clara St., Suite 1180
San Jose, CA  95113

James R. Langford, III, Esq.
Law Offices of James R. Langford, III
Atty for Kevin Weinmann
4471 Stoneridge Dr., Suite B
Pleasanton, CA  94596

Re:  74 110 01184 97
        Douglas A. Chaikin
        and
        Kevin Weinmann
        and
        Mark G. Foti




Gentlemen:


As you know, I have called you on several occasions in the past few
months, to follow up on your final payments for arbitrator compensation
and expenses, which were outlined in my September 28, 1998 letter.


At the request of the arbitrator, I am re-capping what we have
discussed during our conversations:



    
        
  1.  Mr. Keiley, your assistant Mary reiterated again today that your office
        has been forwarding the bills to your client, and that the bills would
        get paid. She said today that she was unclear what the hold-up was.
        
    
        
  2.  Mr. Langford, in our last conversation on October 28, 1998, you said
        that you had left messages for your client, and that he may have been
        out of the country. You said you would let me know as soon as he got in
        touch with you.


        

Although we requested this information from the parties in our September 28,
1998 letter, no party has confirmed the settlement of this matter in writing.
However, based on advice from the parties, we must conclude that this matter
has indeed settled.


Therefore, please be advised that as of this date, the San Francisco office of
the American Arbitration Association has closed its file. However, any
administrative/arbitrator fees still outstanding remain due and payable.


The next step for collecting the arbitrator compensation is listing your
outstanding balances with the collections agency of Dunn & Bradstreet. This
will occur within the next two weeks, unless the necessary payments are made
with this office.


Please feel free to call me if you have any questions.


Sincerely,








Matthew J. Gilreath

Senior Administrator

Writer's Direct Line:

415-984-5448

usadrmjg@globalaaa.net


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