Legal Opinion
In Re PDQ Copy Center Inc.
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 8, 1983No. 18-12915PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION ON ACTION BY TRUSTEE TO RECOVER FEES COLLECTED BY DISCARDED ATTORNEY AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF THIS CASE.
HOWARD SCHWARTZBERG, Bankruptcy Judge.
This case involves the reach of an attorney’s charging lien on proceeds received by the attorney after the filing of a bankruptcy petition, at a time when the trustee in bankruptcy petition, at a time when the trustee in bankruptcy had already dismissed the attorney and had initiated efforts to collect the debt on his own.
FACTS
1. In January, 1981, George Damashek, Esq., the defendant in this action, was retained as an attorney by PDQ Copy Center,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Matter of TillmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Matter of HeinsheimerNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- In Re the Estate of MontgomeryNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Beecher v. Peter A. Vogt Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
- In the Matter of Pacific Far East Line, Inc., Debtor. Joseph M. Alioto v. Official Creditor CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Greene v. Schmukler (In Re De Berry)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1986
- In Re Sea Catch, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Alaska · 1983
- In Re AlbertUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1997
- In Re AshleyUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1984
- In Re A. Tarricone, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1987
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