Ethics And Unbundling: Attorneys Agree With Clients About Unbundling Bankruptcy Services; But, Do Courts Agree With Attorneys About Unbundling Bankruptcy Services?

Part 3 – Bankruptcy Court Decisions

Tom Waldron, a former bankruptcy judge and current Advisor to the NACTT Academy, lives in Tucson, AZ.[email protected].

As this series suggested earlier, although unbundling legal services may have a place in bankruptcy cases, it is a place of almost assured scrutiny, at a minimum, and sanctions, as a distinct possibility. It is beyond the scope of this series to attempt to delineate the specific unbundling which may be approved or denied; however, existing case law highlights certain areas . . .

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