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IN RE KASPEREK

Nos. 08-11760 B, 08-11761 B.

399 B.R. 591 (2009)

In re Heather L. KASPEREK, Debtor. In re Louis A. Martinelli, Priscella L. Martinelli, Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York.

January 15, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Ring III, Esq., Cheektowaga, NY, Attorney for the Trustee.

Paul S. Walier, Esq., Lackawanna, NY, Attorney for the Debtors.

DECISION & ORDER

BUCKI, Chief Judge.

In these two cases, the Chapter 7 trustee seeks an order that would compel the debtors' counsel to disgorge all of the legal fees that his clients have paid. The issues of this dispute speak to the scope of a lawyer's obligation to provide complete representation of a debtor in the context of a bankruptcy proceeding.

Both of the above entitled cases were commenced as proceedings under Chapter 7 of the...

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