OPINION
STEPHEN RASLAVICH, Chief Judge.
Introduction.
The instant matter presents a deceptively simple question: whether a Chapter 7 Debtor's attorney who is party to a "flat fee" prepetition retention agreement may pursue the postpetition collection of any unpaid portion of the fee. The Court concludes that counsel may not do so because any unpaid portion of such a fee is a prepetition debt, subject to discharge and, hence, unrecoverable...
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