Land Ventures for 2, LLC v. Fritz

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

W. Keith Watkins, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Land Ventures for 2, LLC (“Land Ventures”) was in the business of buying and selling real property. When the economic downturn affected the business’s bottom line, Todd Pittman (Land Ventures’ 99% owner) sought assistance from bankruptcy counsel and eventually retained the defendants, Michael Fritz and his law firm (collectively “Fritz”), in July 2009. In March 2010, Fritz filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding on behalf of Land Ventures in order to forestall foreclosure proceedings that…