Hooper v Crawford
The debtor in this case filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy and proposed a plan that included distributions to Bank of America, a creditor with a secured claim on the debtor’s residence. The bankruptcy...
View ArticleRomero v Corona Investments, LLC
Romero owned a home in Chicago but failed to pay property taxes from 2018 to 2021, resulting in Cook County holding a lien on his property. Rather than foreclosing, the county conducted a tax sale, at...
View ArticleCity of Chicago v Falkner
Two individuals filed Chapter 13 bankruptcy petitions, each proposing repayment plans that prioritized payment of their attorneys’ fees before distributing funds to nonpriority unsecured creditors,...
View ArticleBallard Spahr LLP v Official Committee of Equity Security Holders
An investment fund specializing in gems and minerals filed for bankruptcy in October 2019. Prior to this, one of the fund’s managing members, through his own companies, had engaged a law firm to...
View ArticleBankruptcy Estate of Harris v City of Milwaukee
Santoasha Harris endured five years of sexual harassment at her job with the City of Milwaukee. When she reported the harassment in 2017, the City separated her from the harasser, conducted an...
View ArticleSterling v Southlake Nautilus Health & Racquett Club, Inc.
Jacqueline Sterling failed to pay $500 in gym membership fees to Southlake Nautilus Health and Racquet Club, leading to a default judgment against her in the Superior Court of Lake County, Indiana....
View ArticleGreen v. Leibowitz
Gordon Green filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on May 11, 2021, listing his "Sun Life: Life Income Fund," a Canadian Registered Retirement Savings Plan, as an asset. Green sought to exempt the fund under...
View ArticleFreeman v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC
Demona Freeman secured a loan to purchase her home, which was assigned to the Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) and serviced by Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC. After falling behind on her mortgage...
View ArticleSafeco Insurance/Liberty Mutual Surety v. OWCP
The case revolves around a former coal miner, Richard McLain, who developed a serious lung condition after working underground for nearly two decades. McLain filed a claim under the Black Lung...
View ArticleUnited States v. Kowalski
Jan Kowalski, an attorney, was accused of using her position to hide her brother's assets during his bankruptcy proceedings. She allegedly concealed around $357,000 in her attorney trust account and...
View ArticleStone v. Citizens Equity First Credit Union
The case revolves around Lee Hofmann, who controlled multiple businesses, including Games Management and International Supply. Games Management borrowed approximately $2.7 million from Citizens Equity...
View ArticleMarshall v. Johnson
Edward Johnson filed for bankruptcy relief under Chapter 13 and made payments to the bankruptcy trustee, Marilyn O. Marshall, under his proposed repayment plan. However, the bankruptcy court never...
View ArticleAppvion, Inc. Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan v. Buth
The case involves Appvion, Inc., a Wisconsin-based paper company, which was sold to its employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in 2001. The company declared bankruptcy in 2017....
View ArticlePetr v. BMO Harris Bank N.A.
The case involves a dispute between the Trustee for the bankrupt company BWGS, LLC and BMO Harris Bank N.A. and Sun Capital Partners VI, L.P. The Trustee sought to avoid a payment made by BWGS to BMO...
View ArticleSmith v. Kleynerman
The case in question originated in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The dispute arose after the dissolution of a business partnership between Gregory Kleynerman and Scott...
View ArticleGeneration Capital I, LLC v. Fliss
Fliss, Wojciak, and Barr took out a $200,000 bank loan for their jointly owned companies. Each man personally guaranteed the loan. When the borrowers defaulted, the bank obtained a state court...
View ArticleMann v. LSQ Funding Group LC
LSQ provides invoice-factoring services to other businesses, including Engstrom. Weeks before Engstrom declared bankruptcy, its CEO, Campion orchestrated a payoff agreement between LSQ and a new...
View ArticleEstate of Soad Wattar v. Horace Fox, Jr.
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled that all assets held by the Soad Wattar Revocable Living Trust—including the Wattar family home—were part of the...
View ArticleDordevic v. Paloian
Jelena filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The Trustee sued her mother, Jorgovanka, in a “turnover” proceeding, 11 U.S.C. 542, to recover a stake in a company registered in Jorgovanka’s name. The Trustee...
View ArticlePeraica v. Layng
Peraica represented Dordevic in her Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding and submitted a Statement of Financial Affairs (Rule 2016 disclosure) in which he reported that Dordevic had paid him $5,000. As the...
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