In re Rogers

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RICHARD D. TAYLOR, Bankruptcy Judge.

In these two otherwise unrelated bankruptcy cases, the debtor’s counsel and the chapter 13 trustee seek a judicial resolution to an issue concerning attorney’s fees. This Memorandum Opinion emphasizes the Ira Rogers case but also disposes of the Tracy Lawson, Sr. proceeding.

The law firm of Niblock & Bueker (“Ni-block”), on its own behalf and not as counsel for the debtor, filed its Motion to Compel Trustee to Deliver Debtor Refund to Debtor’s Attorney of Record (“Motion to Compel”) to which Jack W. Gooding, the Chapter 13 Standing Trustee…