Legal Opinion
In Re Keck, Mahin & Cate
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 9, 1999No. 19-03123PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RONALD BARLIANT, Bankruptcy Judge.
BACKGROUND
Keck, Mahin & Cate (“Keck” or “the Debtor”) was once a leading Chicago law firm with as many as 350 attorneys and 10 offices. In the 1990s, however, the firm’s fortunes began to decline and it was never able to recapture its past glory. In 1997, more than a century after the firm began in the practice of law, Keck ceased the representation of clients and continued only in a wind-up capacity. Apparently Keck was unable to wind-up its affairs to the satisfaction of all its creditors, however, because five trade creditors filed an…
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