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IN RE DAVENPORT

Bankruptcy No. 03-38089-11, Adversary No. 04-3618.

353 B.R. 150 (2006)

In re Valorie W. DAVENPORT, Debtor. Ron S. Rainey, Plaintiff, v. Valorie W. Davenport, Defendant.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

February 2, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valorie W. Davenport, Davenport Legal Group, Houston, TX, pro se.

Aaron Keiter, The Keiter Law Firm, P.C., Houston, TX, for Debtor.

Susan J. Brandt, Nathan Sommers Jacobs, Hector Duran, Ellen Maresh Hickman, Office of U.S. Trustee, Houston, TX, for Trustee.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JEFF BOHM, Bankruptcy Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This six-day adversary proceeding involves a dispute between two trial lawyers over contingent fees. The plaintiff, Ron S. Rainey (Rainey), was an associate at the Davenport Law Firm, a small civil litigation plaintiffs boutique solely owned by Valorie W. Davenport, the debtor in this Chapter 7 case (the Debtor). The Debtor lured Rainey away from another firm by offering him a higher...

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