Legal Opinion
Labrum & Doak v. Brown (In Re Labrum & Doak, LLP)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 14, 1998No. 19-10854PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID A. SCHOLL, Chief Judge.
A. INTRODUCTION
In the instant Opinion, we decide, to the extent we are able on this record, perhaps the most controversial litigation arising out of this Chapter 11 bankruptcy of a dissolved law firm, LABRUM & DOAK, LLP (“the Debtor”). In the instant proceeding (“the Proceeding”) the Debtor seeks to recover fees for services and reimbursement for costs previously invested on contingent-fee cases commenced by the Debtor from certain of its former attorneys and their new law firms who are handling these cases after the Debt- or’s dissolution.
Although the…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors Ex Rel. Estate of Labrum & Doak v. Ashdale (In Re Labrum & Doak, LLP)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1998
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors Ex Rel. Estate of Labrum & Doak v. Bechtle (In Re Labrum & Doak, LLP)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1999
- Bank of New York v. Epic Resorts—Palm Springs Marquis Villas, LLC (In Re Epic Capital Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware · 2003
- Official Committee of Former Partners v. Brennan (In Re Labrum & Doak, LLP)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1998
- Ciecka v. RosenDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2012
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