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Jeffrey M. Goldberg & Associates, Ltd. v. Holstein (In Re Holstein)

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided September 24, 2003No. 19-05775PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

A. BENJAMIN GOLDGAR, Bankruptcy Judge.

In August 1995, plaintiff Jeffrey M. Goldberg & Associates, Ltd. (“Goldberg”), a Chicago law firm, and the now-defunct Chicago law firm Holstein, Mack & Klein (“HMK”) entered into an agreement to serve as co-counsel in product liability litigation concerning the “Norplant” contraceptive device. Debtor Robert A. Holstein (“Holstein”) was one of HMK’s equity partners.

The Norplant litigation was unsuccessful, and Goldberg lost more than $1 million because of the venture. In Holstein’s bankruptcy, as well as in the bankruptcies of HMK and…

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3Cited by28 opinions

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