Margulies Law Firm, APLC v. Placide (In Re Placide)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KIRSCHER, Bankruptcy Judge.
Appellant, The Margulies Law Firm, APLC (f/k/a Law Offices of Craig G. Mar-gulies, APLC) (“MLF”), appeals an order from the bankruptcy court sustaining ap-pellees’ objection to MLF’s claim for pre-petition attorney’s fees and costs MLF incurred representing appellees against chapter 7 2 debtor, Lamar Edison (“Edison”). The bankruptcy court found that MLF’s claim for $80,869.33 was unreasonable, and it disallowed the claim in its entirety. We AFFIRM.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
A. Placides’s suit against Edison.
In 2004, appellees, Ontson F. Placide and…
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