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In re Kowalski

In re Kowalski

Ruling
Debtor's attorney sanctioned and ordered to disgorge excessive fees.
Procedural posture

Debtor's attorney filed a petition for supplemental attorney's fees and costs in the additional amount of about $7,500. The debtor and the chapter 13 trustee both filed objections, contending that the debtor had already paid the attorney $3,500 in fees and that the additional fees and costs were egregious and outside the standards in the industry and the attorney's Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2016(b) statement filed in the case.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 24, 2009 , LexisNexis #0509-096