Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C. v. Still

OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C. (GKH), a Tennessee-based law firm, seeks relief from the automatic stay of adversary proceedings resulting from the bankruptcy of one of its former clients, Steve A. McKenzie. GKH contends that it is entitled to an equity interest in certain assets that McKenzie pledged to the firm shortly before he was placed into bankruptcy. The bankruptcy trustee, C. Kenneth Still (Trustee), opposes GKH’s motion for relief from the automatic stay on the basis that the pledges constitute preferential transfers.

After conducting…