Legal Opinion
Colpitts v. Eck (In Re Rogers)
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 24, 2009No. BAP No. 08-075. Bankruptcy No. 07-12266PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McFEELEY, Bankruptcy Judge.
Debtors’ counsel, Greggory Colpitts and The Colpitts Law Firm (“Appellants”) appeal the bankruptcy court’s award of attorneys fees and costs on the grounds that it failed to award the fees and costs requested and that, at a minimum, the bankruptcy court should have awarded fees equal to its own “Standard Fee” for a business case. Having reviewed the record and applicable law, we AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
Debtors, Thomas E. Rogers, IV and Cynthia M. Rogers retained Appellants, Greggory Colpitts and The Colpitts Law Firm on October 4, 2007. On November 16, 2007,…
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