Elias v. Lisowski Law Firm, Chtd. (In Re Elias)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARLAR, Bankruptcy Judge:
After the debtor’s chapter 112 case was dismissed, her bankruptcy attorney filed a state-court lawsuit against her for $10,000.00 of unpaid chapter 11 attorneys’ fees. The debtor filed a motion for summary judgment in the state-court action, arguing that her former attorney was not entitled to any fees because he had secured his employment in the bankruptcy case fraudulently by failing to disclose his prior connection with the debt- or, the fee he received for the bankruptcy retainer, or his receipt of a potential $3,000.00 preference from the debtor on the eve…
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