Tanner's Transfer & Storage of Virginia, Inc. v. Florance (In Re Tanner's Transfer & Storage of Virginia, Inc.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MARTIN V.B. BOSTETTER, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter comes before the Court upon defendants’ motion for attorneys’ fees and costs generated in defense of the underlying complaint filed by the debtor to recover monies due. The complaint also alleged a breach of fiduciary duty by the defendant, Walker Florance, Esquire (“Florance”), which he owed in his capacity as executor and trustee of the Estate of Elam L. Tanner, Jr. The complaint named Florance both in his capacity as executor and trustee and as attorney and partner of the law firm of Florance, Gordon & Brown. 3

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