Legal Opinion
Barbara Wortley v. Michael R. Bakst
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 5, 2017No. 15-11923 & 15-90007PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JORDAN, Circuit Judge:
Trafford Distributing Center provided warehousing and fulfillment services in Pennsylvania before it became insolvent in 2008. Trafford’s president and sole shareholder, Barbara Wortley, filed a Chapter 7 petition for bankruptcy on Trafford’s behalf in the Southern District of Florida, and the case was assigned to Bankruptcy Judge John Olson.
Judge Olson appointed a trustee, who in turn hired attorney Michael Bakst to pursue three adversary cases on behalf of the Trafford bankruptcy estate against Mrs. Wortley and other related individuals and entities (whom we refer to…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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