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MATTER OF PRUDHOMME

No. 93-5467 Summary Calendar.

43 F.3d 1000 (1995)

In the Matter of Daisy M. PRUDHOMME and John and Kathleen Batten, Debtors. John F. ARENS, Appellant, v. Al BOUGHTON, Trustee, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 7, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Wilson, E. Lamar Pettus, Fayetteville, AR, for appellant/petitioner.

John F. Arens, pro se.

Brett Brunson, Natchitoches, LA, for Boughton.

Kenneth David McCoy, Jr., Mark A. Begnaud, McCoy & Hawthorne, Natchitoches, LA, Jeff Bohm, David B. Young, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, TX, Deborah L. Livingston, Austin, TX, for Farm Credit Bank of Texas.

Robert L. Royer, Alexandria, LA, for Batten & Prudhomme.

Fran H. Strange, William E. O'Connor, U.S. Trustee's Office, Shreveport, LA, Martha L. Davis, Gen. Counsel, Anastasia M. Petrou, Atty. Advisor, Dept. of Justice, Office of U.S. Trustees, Washington, DC, for Young and O'Connor.

Before DAVIS, JONES and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

The bankruptcy court required Appellant John Arens to disgorge a $75,000 retainer he received for legal services and to pay that amount to the plan trustee in these two Chapter 11 cases. Appellee Farm Credit Bank had moved for disgorgement of the fee, and the United States Trustee moved for examination of debtors' transactions with their attorneys. After an evidentiary hearing, the bankruptcy court ordered disgorgement of the full retainer...

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