In Re Petition of Mathes

653 So.2d 928 (1995)

In re PETITION OF Roger W. MATHES for Reinstatement to the Practice of Law.

No. 94-BR-01208-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 6, 1995.

Roger Mathes, pro se.

Charles J. Mikhail, State Bar, Michael B. Martz, Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

ROBERTS, Justice, for the Court:

INTRODUCTION

Attorney Roger Mathes accepted $1,215.52 in fees from two bankruptcy clients, without first petitioning the bankruptcy court for approval of such compensation as required under 11 U.S.C. § 327 et seq. and Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2016. Mathes later signed a court order agreeing to…