Straughn v. No Respondent (In re Straughn)
May
05
2010
Ruling
Debtor corporation and debtor majority shareholder and president could not employ same counsel in their respective cases.
Procedural posture
Both debtors in related cases involving a debtor corporation and the individual who was the majority shareholder and president of the corporation filed similar motions to employ counsel, seeking to employ the same counsel. The United States Trustee (UST) opposed the dual retention of the proposed counsel by both debtors on the grounds of actual and/or potential conflict of interests.
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