Legal Opinion
Messner v. Commerce Bank/Harrisburg, N.A. (In Re Smith)
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 29, 2005No. 1-03-07451PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARY D. FRANCE, Bankruptcy Judge.
Before the Court is a fee application filed by Kara Katherine Messner, Esquire and the Law Office of Dorothy L. Mott, Esquire (collectively “Mott”), counsel for Richard and Robin Smith (“Debtors”). Commerce Bank/Harrisburg, N.A. (“Commerce”) objected to the application alleging that some of the fees sought by Mott were unreasonable and excessive and were not intended to benefit Debtors’ estate. For the reasons set forth below, I will sustain the objection in part and deny it in part.
Procedural History
On December 18, 2003, Mott prepared and filed a…
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