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HARMAN v. LEVIN

No. 84-2045.

772 F.2d 1150 (1985)

Richard S. HARMAN, Esquire, Attorney for debtors, Appellant, and Charles Paul Robertson, Darlene Robertson, Allen Depta and Constance Elaine Depta; Michael William Belch; Paula Helene Belch; David Matthew Brown, Sr.; Donnie Bruce Brown; Willie Keith Simmons; Cynthia Ann Simmons; Mel Leonard Stull; Donna Lee Stull; Larry Charles Sylvester; Carolyn Laverne Sylvester fka Patricia Gayle Nicholson; Christopher Allen McCann, Sr.; Patricia Gayle McCann fka Patricia Gayle Nicholson; Robert Richard Salmen; Michele Barber Salmen; Paul David Barnes; Anita Chumney Barnes fka Anita Ward Chumney, Plaintiffs, v. David R. LEVIN, Esquire, Trustee, Appellee. In re Charles Paul ROBERTSON, Darlene Robertson, Allen Depta and Constance Elaine Depta; Michael William Belch; Paula Helene Belch; David Matthew Brown, Sr.; Donnie Bruce Brown; Willie Keith Simmons; Cynthia Ann Simmons; Mel Leonard Stull; Donna Lee Stull; Larry Charles Sylvester; Carolyn Laverne Sylvester fka Patricia Gayle Nicholson; Christopher Allen McCann, Sr.; Patricia Gayle McCann fka Patricia Gayle Nicholson; Robert Richard Salmen; Michele Barber Salmen; Paul David Barnes; Anita Chumney Barnes fka Anita Ward Chumney, Debtors. William C. White, United States Trustee, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 17, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Harman, Norfolk, Va., for appellant.

David R. Levin, Portsmouth, Va., for appellee.

William C. White, Alexandria, Va. (Debera K. Frick, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for amicus curiae.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and SPROUSE and SNEEDEN, Circuit Judges.

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves the issue of whether the calculation and award of attorney's fees by a bankruptcy court is correct. Attorney Richard S. Harman represented debtors in ten Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings. In each proceeding he filed a request for attorney's fees which was challenged as unreasonable and excessive by bankruptcy trustee David R. Levin. The bankruptcy court in each instance agreed with Levin that the requested fees were excessive...

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