Kokinos

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Surgery clinic and arbitration agreement Kokinos is a professional corporation doing business as the South Bay Vascular Center and Vein Institute in Campbell (SBVC). Dr. Polyxene G. Kokinos is a vascular surgeon and owner of SBVC.2 In 2019, Dr. Hill joined SBVC as a vascular surgeon, pursuant to the terms of a physician practice agreement he and Kokinos executed in November 2018 (the agreement). Among other things, the agreement included an arbitration clause which provided: “Any dispute or controversy arising between [Dr. Hill] and [Kokinos] (“Claims”) relating to the validity, enforcement, performance, or interpretation of this Agreement, including a dispute pertaining to the validity or enforceability of this provision (including claims by [Dr. Hill] against the Practice’s officers, directors, shareholders, partners, employees, or agents), as long as such Claims would otherwise be subject to a lawsuit in court, will be settled by binding arbitration under, and in accordance with, the then current National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes (“Rules”) of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), to the extent such rules do…