15 B 32968,16 A 00019

Upon the “no evidence” motion for summary judgment brought by Associated Bank, National Association, held: The movant has not established grounds for summary judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 as it has not established the absence of genuine issue...

14 B 14023, 16 A 00387
The matter before the court is whether, at the request of the debtor, the court should stay an adversary proceeding, brought by the United States Trustee, seeking a denial of discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 727. The debtor argues that the existence of parallel...

08 B 10095
Upon the Motion for Entry of an Order (I) Enforcing Confirmation Order; (II) Directing Dismissal of State Court Claims; (III) Awarding Damages; and (IV) Granting Related Relief, brought by successor to the purchaser of assets in the above-captioned bankruptcy cases, held: ...

15 B 32968
Upon the application from a class of former employees seeking allowance of an administrative expense claim for being terminated by the debtors in the above-captioned chapter 11 cases without notice as required by federal law and the liquidating trustee’s objection thereto,...

15 B 35358, 16 A 00727
The Debtor filed an adversary complaint against Walsh Construction Company (“Walsh”), seeking to avoid and recover certain funds deposited with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County (the “Deposited Funds”) pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 547(b), 548(a), 550(a...

16 B 31591
The Debtor, appearing pro se, proposed to pay Hale Gardens Condominium Association (the “Association”) $857 through her chapter 13 plan. The Association objected to confirmation of the Debtor’s plan because it did not provide for full payment of the Association’s alleged $...

14 B 13155
The Debtors claimed three exemptions against $23,000 in settlement proceeds derived from a workplace discrimination and disability lawsuit initiated by Debtor James Henry Sullivan, Jr. against his former employer.  The chapter 7 trustee (the “Trustee”) objected to the...

13 B 25078
In September 2016, John H. Sammarco filed a motion to dismiss debtor David L. Dini’s chapter 7 case pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 707(a).  Relying on In re Schwartz, a decision issued by the Seventh Circuit in August 2015, Sammarco alleged that Dini’s case should be dismissed...

16 B 39654

14 B 27066, 16 A 00066

16 B 22368; 16 B 25607; and 16 B 29604

14 B 83456

16 B 80220, 16 A 96028

13 B 20989, 15 A 00324

15 B 39490

16 B 05361, 16 A 00287

12 B 14254

15 B 40866
In this ruling the court sanctioned an attorney pursuant to Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9011 for pursuing a bankruptcy case solely to delay a foreclosure case, to avoid the lawful appointment of a receiver and to needlessly increase a secured creditor's legal fees...

09 B 5868
The Court sanctioned Attorney Maurice James Salem and his clients Ragda Sharifeh and Haifa Sharifeh for violating Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9011 for filing several motions and pleadings in an attempt to gain access to trust assets held to be property of the Debtor...

17 B 00870