Fiegen Law Firm, P.C. v. Fokkena (In Re On-Line Services Ltd.)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
FEDERMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.
The Fiegen Law Firm, Ltd. (Fiegen), as attorney for debtor On-Line Services, Ltd. (On-Line), appeals an order that reduced its prepetition fees and expenses, held that those fees could not be paid from estate assets, and denied its claim for postpetition fees and expenses. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
In September of 2003, On-Line consulted with Fiegen regarding a possible bankruptcy filing. On December 8, 2003, the members of On-Line voted to retain Fiegen, to pay it the sum of $9,000 to represent On-Line, and to have Fiegen file…
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