Legal Opinion

Golden v. Gibrick (In re Gibrick)

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided January 3, 2017No. 15 B 23651; No. 16 A 14PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

A. Benjamin Goldgar, United States Bankruptcy Judge

Before the court for ruling is the motion of defendant Lanny R. Gibrick (“Gibrick”) to disqualify Brendan Appel (“Appel”) as trial counsel for plaintiff Robert Golden (“Golden”). For the following reasons, Gi-brick’s motion to disqualify will be granted.

1. Jurisdiction

The court has subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b) and the district court’s Internal Operating Procedure 15(a). This is a core proceeding. See 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(A); see In re Cabe & Cato, Inc., 524 B.R. 870, 877 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2014); In…

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