Needler v. Rendlen (In Re Big Mac Marine, Inc.)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
DREHER, Bankruptcy Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the bankruptcy court 1 denying a motion to vacate an order which denied Debtor, Big Mac Marine, Inc.’s, application to retain William Needier and Associates, Ltd. and William Needier (Needier) as attorney for Debtor, and further denied Needler’s application for attorney’s fees and expenses. While the facts are somewhat complicated, and made more so by Needler’s creation of an at times unclear record, the legal issue is straightforward. The bankruptcy court determined that Needier was disqualified from serving as attorney for Debtor…
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