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IN RE HUMPHRIES

No. 10-14928. Bankruptcy No. 10-41299.

453 B.R. 261 (2011)

Kim Vinida HUMPHRIES, Debtor. B.O.C. Law Group, P.C., d/b/a The Law Firm of Orlow and Cardasis, Appellant, v. Krispen S. Carroll, Chapter 13 Trustee, Appellee.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

April 19, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corey M. Carpenter, Orlow and Cardasis, Pleasant Ridge, MI, for Appellant.

Krispen S. Carroll, Maria Gotsis, Office of the Standing Chapter 13 Trustee, Detroit, MI, for Appellee.

OPINION

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

The bankruptcy court denied the appellant law firm's fee application at the conclusion of the Chapter 13 proceedings below because that court believed the fee agreement between the debtor and her lawyers was void as a matter of law. The court reached that conclusion after finding that the written fee agreement was not signed within "5 business days after the first...

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