Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy v. Siller

ORDER

KIMBERLY J. MUELLER, District Judge.

This case stems from debtor Charles Siller’s failure to pay his attorneys following their success in securing the dissolution of a family farming company and recovery of a judgment valued at $30.5 million in cash and real property. The pending motions for reconsideration and the appeals arise from the bankruptcy court’s resolution of Spiller McProud’s claim for prepetition legal fees stemming from the dissolution litigation, which had been reduced to a state court judgment following arbitration. At the heart of these proceedings is statutory language…