In re Fagel

AMENDED OPINION GRANTING MOTION FOR TURNOVER OF PROPERTY, WITH CONDITIONS

SAMUEL L. BUFFORD, Bankruptcy Judge.

Bruce G. Fagel, a Law Corporation is the debtor in this professional law corporation chapter 11 bankruptcy case. Debtor’s principal Bruce G. Fagel has also filed a chapter 11 case. Both the corporation and the individual filed their chapter 11 cases after they jointly lost a legal malpractice action in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The jury, in a trial presided over by Judge Paul Boland, awarded a judgment for more than $15 million, plus damages of $250,000 for intentional…