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Chief Judge Jacqueline P. Cox
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
11/25/2015 In re Richard Sharif

09 B 05868
In this case, the sister of the Debtor, as the purported executrix of their mother’s (Soad Wattar) testamentary estate, seeks an order vacating a five-year old order directing the turnover of property (the “2010 Motion”) alleged to be the mother’s. The movant argued that...
09/24/2015 In re John F. Walsh

08 B 06424
This is a case stressing the importance of counsel representing a debtor in an underlying state court action to get approval, even if retroactive, of the Bankruptcy Court under 11 U.S.C. § 327 for such representation in order to be paid from the bankruptcy estate....
07/14/2015 In re Lake Dearborn, LLC, et al.

13 B 36813
The Court held evidentiary hearings over three days on the objection of the successor lessor of a downtown commercial food court to the claims for rejection damages filed by certain food court tenants to determine the amount of damages due to them pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §...
07/09/2015 In re Al-Haroon Husain

14 MP 90007
The United States Trustee filed a Statement of Charges against Attorney Al-Haroon Husain charging him with violating applicable disciplinary rules by systematically altering documents, reusing debtors’ signatures, signing documents on behalf of clients and causing clients...
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
11/12/2015 In re Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., et al.

15 B 1145
09/02/2015 In re Enesco Group, Inc.

07 B 00565
08/25/2015 In re Michael H. Meltzer

13 B 31151
07/29/2015 In re Michael H. Meltzer

13 B 31151
07/22/2015 In re Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., et al.; Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., et al. v. BOKF, N.A., et al.

15 B 1145, 15 A 00149
06/15/2015 Genetta Murff; Genetta Murff v. LVNV Funding, LLC

13 B 44431 14 A 790
05/28/2015 In re Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., et al.

15 B 01145
Judge Janet S. Baer
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
10/09/2015 Joan Galloni v. Kevin J. Barry and Barry Law Group, P.C. (In re Kevin J. Barry)

13 B 38329, 14 A 00034
The Plaintiff filed an adversary complaint in the bankruptcy case of the Debtor, seeking a determination that a state court judgment debt owed to the Plaintiff by the Debtor and his former law firm is not dischargeable pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 523(a)(4) and (a)(...
08/31/2015 In re River Road Hotel Partners, LLC

09 B 30029
Debtors’ financial advisor FBR Capital Markets & Co. (“FBR”) filed an amended application for compensation, which included a request for a restructuring fee and reimbursement of expenses, the majority of which were attorneys’ fees incurred in defense of FBR’s fee...
Judge Thomas M. Lynch
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
09/30/2015 Layng v. Urbonas (In re Urbonas)

13bk82754, 14ap96019
Two doctors who declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy after a creditor foreclosed on their townhouse were ineligible under 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(2) and (4) to have their debts discharged because they concealed transfers of money they made to relatives and intentionally...
09/23/2015 In re Waterworks, Inc.

13-82498
07/01/2015 In re Chardon

13bk81372
Judge Timothy A. Barnes
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
08/07/2015 In re David J. Hardesty

14 B 42906
Upon the chapter 7 Trustee’s objections to the Debtor’s claimed exemptions in (1) installment payments under a personal injury settlement agreement and (2) proceeds from a life insurance policy received post-petition following the death of the Debtor’s step-father, held:...
07/17/2015 In re Mesha E. Ware

15B03414
Upon an objection to confirmation of the debtor’s chapter 13 plan, wherein a creditor alleged that the debtor could not comply with the requirements of “surrender” in section 1325(a)(5)(C) of the United States Bankruptcy Code as the debtor proposed to surrender a vehicle that...
07/13/2015 In re Kelco Metals, Inc.

10 B 51428
Upon the creditor’s motion to allow claim under Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9006, wherein the creditor sought to have the court allow its claim as a timely general unsecured claim when the claim was allegedly delivered directly to the office of the clerk of court...
06/22/2015 Muhammad v. Reed (In re Byron F. Reed)

13 B 30975,  13 A 01294
Upon the Defendant’s amended motion to dismiss the Plaintiff’s adversary complaint objecting to discharge of debt owed to A&H Caring Connections, Inc. (“A&H”) pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) and (a)(6) and 11 U.S.C. § 727(a), the underlying...

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