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Judge Janet S. Baer - Opinions
Description | Date Issued |
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Estate of Rose M. Drabik, Mary Elizabeth Smith, Mary Katherine Paul, and Brenda Porter Helms, not individually but as chapter 7 trustee for the bankruptcy estate of James T. Drabik v. James T. Drabik (James T. Drabik) 15 B 07325, 15 A 00866 |
02/07/2018 |
In re Christopher V. Pratola 17 B 11668 |
12/27/2017 |
Mark Simon v. Constantino Joseph Boccarsi and Cari Ann Coglianese (Constantino Joseph Boccarsi and Cari Ann Coglianese) 16 B 29319, 17 A 00176 |
12/14/2017 |
LB Steel, LLC v. Walsh Construction Company (In re LB Steel, LLC) 15 B 35358, 16 A 00727 |
07/06/2017 |
In re Wedad Ahmad Ayesh 16 B 31591 |
07/05/2017 |
In re James Henry Sullivan, Jr. and Renee A. Simmon-Sullivan 14 B 13155 |
04/24/2017 |
In re David L. Dini 13 B 25078 |
04/06/2017 |
In re Pawel Hardej 13 B 00627 |
02/15/2017 |
John H. Sammarco v. David L. Dini (In re David L. Dini) 13 B 25078, 13 A 01332 |
12/15/2016 |
Chicago Patrolmen’s Federal Credit Union v. Lolita Michelle Fenner (In re Lolita Michelle Fenner) 15 B 19829, 15 A 00550 |
10/24/2016 |
Michael K. Desmond, not individually but as chapter 7 trustee for the bankruptcy estate of Sam Callas, v. American Express Centurion Bank, Inc. (In re Sam Callas) 13 B 43900, 15 A 00140 |
09/27/2016 |
MWRD Employees’ Credit Union v. Selina L. Frazier (In re Selina L. Frazier) 15 B 05304, 15 A 00812 |
06/20/2016 |
LB Steel, LLC v. Walsh Construction Company and Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Cook County, Illinois (In re LB Steel, LLC) 15 B 35358, 15 A 00876 |
03/29/2016 |
Joan Galloni v. Kevin J. Barry and Barry Law Group, P.C. (In re Kevin J. Barry) 13 B 38329, 14 A 00034 |
10/09/2015 |
In re River Road Hotel Partners, LLC 09 B 30029 |
08/31/2015 |
In re Sam Callas 13 B 43900, 14 A 00719 |
04/23/2015 |
In re River Road Hotel Partners, LLC 09 B 30029 |
10/30/2014 |
Carter v. Sallie Mae, Illinois Student Assistance Commission, U.S. Department of Education, and Educational Credit Management Corporation (In re Carter) 12 B 35492, 12 A 01889 |
09/30/2014 |
In re James & Rita Malec 12 B 30867 |
03/06/2014 |
In re Hector and Ana Briseno 12 B 02903 Counsel for the Debtors filed an amended fee application in this chapter 13 case, requesting fees of $3,500 pursuant to the firm’s Attorney-Client Agreement for Legal Services. The Debtors objected to the application, alleging that the firm should receive no fees because its attorneys betrayed the Debtors’ trust in the representation, particularly with respect to negotiations in two lien strip adversary proceedings. The issue before the Court was whether the fees requested were reasonable compensation for actual, necessary services rendered pursuant to section 330 of the Code or whether the fees charged exceeded the reasonable value of the services provided pursuant to section 329. The Court found that the time spent by counsel in providing legal services to the Debtors was both appropriate and necessary for the administration of the case and that the rates charged for those services were commensurate with those charged by comparably skill attorneys. The Court also found, however, that a reduction in fees was justified because of the firm’s role in a miscommunication between attorney and client in the negotiation of a settlement in the lien strip adversaries. Accordingly, the Court sustained the Debtors’ objection in part, awarded counsel fees of $3,000, and disallowed the remaining fees of $500. |
09/25/2013 |