Lawson v. Tilem (In Re Lawson)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VOLINN, Bankruptcy Judge:
Debtors appeal money judgments based on final fee awards. The judgments were entered after the bankruptcy case was dismissed and while an appeal from one of the fee awards is pending before the Ninth Circuit. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
The bankruptcy case below arose out of the debtors’ attempt to preserve ownership of income property in Texas. They retained Tilem as their general counsel who then retained Schwartz as special counsel for the purpose of formulating a Chapter 11 plan.
These efforts failed and the debtors…
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