A plea by the Alters Law Firm of Miami to reject a former partner’s status as a shareholder was turned down Wednesday by the Third District Court of Appeal without an opinion.

The court took less than three weeks to affirm the 2012 decision by Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Diane Ward, which supported attorney Robert B. Brown III’s contention that he retained a 10 percent share in the firm after he left the firm led by prominent plaintiffs attorney Jeremy Alters.