By Cathy Moran, Esq. (Redwood City, CA) No matter how many hoops the client dutifully jumped through, without adequate inquiry and communication, the bankruptcy attorney was slammed for unbundling his services. The representation agreement at issue excluded representation in any adversary proceeding filed, as do most such agreements, I imagine. The client initialed every paragraph of the 19-paged representation agreement,...
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By Judge Thomas F. Waldron, Retired, Bankr. S.D. Ohio
Background
Among the more complicated areas of bankruptcy are those interfaces between the body of bankruptcy law and other bodies of law (international law, other federal law, state law, etc.). Perhaps none is more emotionally laden than the interface between federal bankruptcy law and . . .
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