Legal Opinion
Billings v. Portnoff Law Associates, Ltd. (In re Billings)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 5, 2016No. Bky. No. 14-12874 ELF; Adv. No. 15-470 ELFPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ERIC L. FRANK, CHIEF U.S. BANKRUPTCY JUDGE
I. INTRODUCTION
Portnoff Law Associates, Ltd. (“Portnoff’) is a law firm that represents various municipalities and municipal authorities in Pennsylvania. In the course of that representation, Portnoff regularly files written motions in state court “continuing” or “postponing” sheriffs sales of real property that have been stayed by the property owner’s bankruptcy filing under chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code.1 In some cases, Portnoff files multiple motions in the state court to “postpone” the sheriffs sale.
Debtors Michael Billings and…
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