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corrected notice: Change in J. Wedoff’s Hearing Schedules

October 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Chapter 7 and 11 Calls

Effective immediately new motions to be heard after Oct. 12 should be noticed for Tue or Wed at 9:30 a.m.

Effectivethe week of Oct. 5 motions and set matters to be heard that week will be set for Thu, Oct. 8.

Effective the week of Oct. 12 J. Wedoff will begin hearing cases on Tuesdays and Wednesdays [regular schedule]. New motions, status hearings, or other set matters now scheduled for a Tue or Wed after Oct. 12 will be heard on the Tue or Wed on which they are scheduled.

Any motion already noticed for a Thu after Oct. 12 will still be heard as set noticed unless movant chooses to re-notice for a Tue or Wed after Oct. 12.

Chapter 13 Call

Judge Doyle will continue to hear Judge Wedoff’s Chapter 13 call on Thursdays at the regularly scheduled times until further notice.

Thank you for your cooperation during the last month in rescheduling Judge Wedoff’s Chapter 7 and 11 matters for Thursdays

To view and download this information in pdf format click here

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I Want To Believe! or Will The Bankruptcy Liaison Committee Become Another Toothless Suggestion Box?

August 5, 2008 · Leave a Comment

seal of the bankruptcy court

seal of the bankruptcy court

Like many you may be asking what the Bankruptcy Liaison Committee is and what it does. According to the Court’s website the committee was formed (about a year ago) to

promote communication about Court procedures, etiquette, filings and other issues, and to assist the Court and attorneys in creating a more efficient environment.

The committee aims to

develop and sponsor education programs concerning issues affecting the bench, attorneys, financial institutions and consumers.

And to

allow greater interaction between the Court and those who appear before it.

And finally to (big finish)

relay issues, concerns or ideas anonymously … [to be] presented to the Bankruptcy Judges for their review and consideration.

Really? Am I to believe that these elite ex-lawyers with absolute power and jobs for life  will be the least bit interested in the opinions of peons, like your humble narrator, over whom they have total control? Is anybody buying this as anything but an excuse for big-firm lawyers (and the U.S. Trustee no less) to further cozy up to the powers that be? Yeah – that ought to level the playing field.

But I digress. Look, I agree that the Bankruptcy Liaison Committee is a worthy attempt to bridge the listening gap between bench and bar. I only hope that it does not share the fate of the other well-intentioned groups that preceded it – only time will tell. In the meantime, congratulations and Godspeed to the members of the 2008-2009 committee (please try to get something accomplished – thank you).

R. Scott Alsterda (Chair)
Ungaretti & Harris LLP
312-977-9203
rsalsterda@uhlaw.com

Lester A. Ottenheimer III
Ottenheimer Teplinsky Rosenbloom
847-520-9407
Lottenheimer@otrlaw.com

Kurt M. Carlson
Tishler & Wald, Ltd.
312-876-3800
kcarlson@tishlerandwald.com

Steve Potts
Steven S. Potts, Attorney at Law
847-291-6823
otispott@comcast.net

Richard Craig Friedman
United States Department of Justice
Office of the United States Trustee
312-886-3320
Richard.C.Friedman@usdoj.gov

Adam P. Silverman
Adelman & Gettleman, Ltd.
312-435-1050
Asilverman@ag-ltd.com

Terri M. Long
Law office of Terri M. Long
708-922-3301
tmlong@tmlong.com

Patricia K. Smoots
McGuireWoods LLP
312-750-2759
psmoots@mcguirewoods.com

Berton J. Maley
Codilis & Associates, P.C.
630-794-9966
bj.maley@il.cslegal.com

Thomas E. Springer
Springer Brown Covey Gaertner & Davis, LLC
630-510-0000
tspringer@springerbrown.com

Leslie Cohen Mc Gregor
Urban & Burt, Ltd.
708-687-5278
lcm@urbanburt.com

Xiaoming Wu
Ledford and Wu
312-294-4400
xwu@ledfordwu.com

Hon. Carol A. Doyle, Chief Judge
312-435-6010

Hon. Susan Pierson Sonderby
312-435-5646

Hon. Bruce W. Black
312-435-6867

Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff
312-435-5644

Hon. Jack B. Schmetterer
312-435-5654

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case updates – hometown, cir 3, cir 8

July 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment

3rd cir

Windt v. Qwest Communications, 06-4662, 06-4808 [June 10, 2008]
In a lawsuit brought by bankruptcy trustees of a Dutch company asserting various claims against defendants who were allegedly responsible for the company’s insolvency, judgment dismissing trustee-plaintiff’s complaint on forum non-conveniens grounds is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in: 1) affording low deference to plaintiffs’ choice of forum in view of Netherlands’ substantial interest in resolving a dispute concerning alleged mismanagement of a Dutch company by board members and officers of that Dutch company; 2) concluding that avoiding problems in the application of foreign law favored dismissal; 3) balancing the public and private interest factors implicated in the case; and 4) determining that the convenience of litigating the dispute in New Jersey was outweighed by the oppressive or vexatious effect on defendants.

 

8th cir

US v. Mitchell, 07-3136 [June 10, 2008]
Conviction upon defendant’s retrial for knowingly and fraudulently making a false statement under penalty of perjury in a bankruptcy case is affirmed where the circuit court declines to revisit a double jeopardy issue, and there was sufficient evidence to sustain his conviction.

ND IL ED

In re Weadley, 06-1854
Bibby Financial v. Weadley, 07-683
Issued June 11, 2008
Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar

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API rides again

June 27, 2008 · 1 Comment

Automotive Professionals, Inc.

In re API, 07-06720
Ch. 11 Trustee and Committee of Unsecured Creditors v.
Marathon Financial Insurance Co., Inc., RRG 08-00089
Issued June 17, 2008
Judge Carol A. Doyle
Read and download the opinion in PDF format here

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notice to consumer debtors under 342(b)

September 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment

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As of August 27, 2007 the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern Dstrict of Illinois, Eastern Division, required that the Notice to Individual Consumer Debtors required or by §342(b) be filed along with the petition or within 15 days thereafter. See §§342(b); 521(a)(1)(B)(iii); and 707(a)(3). The Notice should be tagged with bookmarks, labeled clearly, and generated by PDF software to permit navigation.

For more on the Notice to Creditors see

Notice to Individual Consumer Debtors under §342(b) of the Code (fillable PDF form)

Required Lists, Schedules, Statements, and Fees

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