Legal Opinion
In Re Hessinger & Associates
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California
Decided August 9, 1994No. 19-10061PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum of Decision
ALAN JAROSLOVSKY, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. Introduction
Hessinger & Associates is supposedly a law firm. It is in fact an interstate business controlled nationally by Earl Cook and locally by David Hansen, neither of whom are lawyers. Joseph Hessinger is supposedly the owner of the firm. He is in fact the front man for Cook and Hansen.
The business practices of Hessinger & Associates have included gross violations of the California State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct. Hessinger is personally responsi ble for these violations, as well as allowing Cook and Hansen to control…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Glad v. Mork (In Re Glad)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- In Re Hessinger & AssociatesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · 1994
- Stone v. Kasuba (In Re Stone)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1994
3Cited by5 opinions
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- In Re Hessinger & AssociatesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1996
- Computer Dynamics Inc. v. Merrill (In Re Computer Dynamics Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1997