In re Modell

*513 MEMORANDUM DECISION ON APPLICABILITY OF ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE TO DOCUMENTS IN DEBTOR’S POSSESSION

JAMES L. GARRITY, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

Frederick Modell (the “debtor”) and Republic National Bank of New York (“Republic”), Merchants Bank of New York, Israel Discount Bank of New York (“IDB”), and Bank Leumi Trust Company of New York (“Bank Leumi”) (collectively, the “Banks”), as petitioning creditors, have been engaged in informal discovery in conjunction with this contested involuntary chapter 7 case. A dispute has arisen among the parties over Mo-dell’s assertion of the attorney-client…