Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Gilman (In Re Gilman)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 12, 2019No. CC-18-1066-TaLS CC-18-1101-STaLPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, Bankruptcy Judge:
INTRODUCTION
Appellants, Tammy R. Phillips and Tammy R. Phillips, a Professional Corporation (jointly, "Creditors"), obtained an $8,250 judgment against debtor, Kevan Gilman. Under California law, they were entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees in obtaining and collecting this amount, and the state court awarded them about $100,000 in prepetition fees. Apparently other state court fee requests were pending or are anticipated as they asserted that total state court fees approximate $1,000,000.
In this chapter 7 case, they obtained a determination that Debtor was…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Brown v. HudsonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California · 2021
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