Legal Opinion
In re Howard Avenue Station, L.L.C.
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida
Decided April 28, 2017No. Case No.: 8:12-bk-08821-CPMPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED1 ORDER ON MOTION FOR DISGORGEMENT OF FEES
Catherine Peek McEwen, United States Bankruptcy Judge
Noncomplianee with the Bankruptcy Code’s requirements concerning an estate professional’s compensation generally merits denial of compensation plus disgorgement of all of compensation already received. However, under the case-by-case approach adopted by the Court here, an exception may be made in the bankruptcy court’s discretion based on sufficient mitigating circumstances. This case is a case to which such exception applies.
This contested matter arose from the United States Trustee’s Motion…
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