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...

12 B 30867
In response to a memorandum opinion allowing creditor bank costs of collection in their bankruptcy case, the debtors filed a motion to alter or amend the opinion pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) and Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9023, requesting that...

12 B 38907,  12 A 1955

11 B 32418

11 B 26443, 13 A 1070, 13 A 1156

13 B 32960, 13 A 01345

11 B 12584 and 13 B 13374
11 A 01455 and 13 A 00687
Creditor commenced adversary proceedings against debtors husband and wife in their respective bankruptcy cases seeking a determination that a debt allegedly owed by each of the debtors to the creditor is nondischargeable under...

13 B 18697
The Debtor brought a motion for contempt sanctions against Ahad Real Estate, LLC, Beach Business Bank, Macon Group, LLC and the receiver John Flanders Kennedy for alleged violations of the automatic stay of 3680 Riverside Drive, Macon, GA 31210. The court finds that the...

13 B 42168
The chapter 13 trustee filed a motion to dismiss the Debtor’s chapter 13 case pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1307. The Trustee alleged that the Debtor failed to meet the requirements under 11 U.S.C. § 109(h)(1) because the Debtor did not receive counseling during the 180-day...

13 B 28123
The Chapter 7 trustee filed an objection to the exemption that the debtor claimed in her interest in her former husband’s retirement plan pursuant to section 12-1006 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure. The parties disagreed on whether the debtor had the right to obtain...

10 B 44866, 13 A 00631
After the trustee filed a motion for default judgment against one of multiple adversary defendants for failure to file a timely answer in response to an amended complaint, the defendant filed two answers; one to the original complaint and another one to the...

12 B 49219 (jointly administered)
The Sierra Club filed a motion seeking entry of an order confirming that the automatic stay was not in effect due to the police power exception of Bankruptcy Code section 362(b)(4), or, in the alternative, granting relief from the automatic stay to...

09 B 49094, 11 A 2395
This matter involves the former principals of Brown’s Chicken & Pasta (“Debtor”), the franchisor of Brown’s Chicken restaurants in the Chicago area. Following the dissolution of the principals’ business relationship, litigation ensued and a judgment was...

12 B 05364
In this Chapter 11 proceeding, the Court denied Movants’ Motion for Leave to File a Claim Against Trustee’s Counsel For Fraudulent Inducement.  Movants sought leave to sue the trustee’s counsel for statements allegedly made regarding a Skilled Living Facility Certificate...

13 B 25463
In this Chapter 7 proceeding, the Court sanctioned Debtor’s counsel for repeatedly seeking turn over of Debtor’s checking account without providing notice to J.P. Morgan Chase, a party in interest, as required by Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9014(b) and Local...

12 B 83341, 13 A 96019
Bankruptcy court had jurisdiction over the claim of a lessor of a bankruptcy debtor to insurance proceeds after a fire at the Debtor’s leased premises, since the bankruptcy trustee claimed the proceeds as property of the bankruptcy estate and the court thus had...

10 B 74803, 11 A 96261
A creditor properly exercised his option to convert his equity participation interest into a demand note and thus, was entitled to an unsecured claim for return of principal over debtors’ objection. However, under 11 U.S.C. § 502(b)(2), post-petition interest...

13 B 81734
Debtor’s application to employ the law firm as counsel for the debtor was denied because the firm should have been aware fully of the disclosure requirements and deadlines set by the Bankruptcy Code, Rules and Local Rules, and the procedures for compliance.

12 B 83168
With respect to sale of debtor’s property free and clear of any interest under 11 U.S.C. § 363(f), because any potential liability for debtor’s unpaid taxes was an “interest” subject to the relief granted by the sale order, and the Illinois Department of Revenue failed to...

13 B 82613
Debtor was not entitled to sanctions for the failure of a bank and its attorney (respondents) to immediately release accounts funds subject to a citation to discover assets because there was no violation of the automatic stay since the respondents did not possess or control...