Tort Plaintiff Motions to Lift Automatic Stay

Application to Waive Fee to File Appeal

Motion to Dismiss Adversary Complaint

Modification of Collective Bargaining Agreement under Section 1113

Confirmation (Chapter 13)

Motion to Reopen Closed Case

Motion to Retroactively Modify Stay

25 B 00596

24 B 07529, 24 A 00243

24 B 18391

23 BK 16874
In this matter a Debtor agreed to settle state court mortgage foreclosure litigation and various bankruptcy case issues, entering into a written agreement. It filed a motion to approve the settlement but withdrew the motion before the hearing date.

The...

18 BK 09130, 19 AP 00626
Post-petition after being notified of the Debtor’s Chapter 11 case (later converted to Chapter 7), Byline Bank paid $352,166.35 to Bank of America for 36 cashier’s checks the Debtor purchased pre-petition but did not disclose in his bankruptcy schedules.  Most...

21 BK 12369
In a chapter 7 case, a dispute between creditors arose regarding the proper disposition of funds from a settlement of a malpractice claim against the Debtor. The Debtor was formerly the attorney for two creditors, Brent Duke (“Duke”) and 21 Century Smoking, Inc. (“21”). Pre...

22 B 01957, 23 A 0330
Chapter 11 individual debtor/plaintiff sued a party that filed a proof of claim as well as its attorneys, asserting claims for relief under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss. Plaintiff requested time to file an amended...

24 B 17304
Debtor filed for relief under the Bankruptcy Code.  Since this was his third bankruptcy case within a year, he also filed a motion to impose stay.  Debtor sent notice of the motion to impose stay to tax purchaser Newline Holdings at the address of the attorney who had...

23 B 12352, 24 A 222
Chapter 11 debtor confirmed its plan, then filed an adversary proceeding against a creditor that had not participated in the bankruptcy case.  In the complaint, Debtor sought to liquidate its own claim against the creditor and also requested entry of a declaratory...

23bk00363, 23ap00095
Plaintiff filed an adversary complaint, asking the court to find non-dischargeable a debt incurred by the Debtor’s conversion of the Plaintiff’s motorcycle. HELD: The debt is nondischargeable pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6).

24bk09311 and 24bk14211
Ch. 13 Debtors objected to servicers’ claims for projected escrow shortages, arguing the claims were not prepetition defaults. HELD: Under the bankruptcy code and rules, as well as RESPA (the relevant nonbankruptcy law), escrow shortages are prepetition claims....

23bk07879, 23ap00285
On a complaint by the Illinois Department of Employment Security seeking a determination of nondischargeability under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a) on a debt arising out of allegedly improperly paid employment benefits, held:  Prior to commencing her bankruptcy case, the...

19bk06255, 19ap00684
Upon a motion to certify a putative class of claimants asserting claims for unlawful deprivation of motor vehicles by the City of Chicago from debtors in chapter 13 bankruptcy cases and a related motion to exclude from that consideration the testimony of the...