Matter of Rutherford

ORDER DIRECTING JEFFREY R. MARCUS, ESQUIRE, TO PAY THE SUM OF $2,500 PLUS INTEREST TO THE TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY

DENNIS J. STEWART, Bankruptcy Judge.

This chapter 11 case was filed by the debtor on July 27, 1984. On that date, the debtor’s then retained counsel, Jeffrey R. Marcus, Esquire, filed a simple petition without any accompanying statements of affairs or schedules. Despite the fact that this case appears to involve only four creditors, and that preparation of such statements of affairs and schedules should have been many times easier than in the average title 11 bankruptcy case, such…