In re Teknek LLC

Pre 2005-Act: 
Pre 2005-Act
Ruling: 
Attorney who had represented estate's primary creditor could not be employed by trustee due to potential conflict of interest.
Procedural posture: 
The chapter 7 trustee applied to employ an attorney and his law firm A judgment creditor of the debtor, and several persons or entities associated with the debtor filed objections to the employment of the attorney. The attorney had previously represented the judgment creditor in litigation against various parties related to the debtor, and the trustee sought to employ him to litigate against those same parties in an unrelated adversary action.
Issue: 
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Commercial case opionion summary, case decided on October 20,2008, LexisNexis #1208-060