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MATTER OF WOLDMAN

No. 93-3450.

92 F.3d 546 (1996)

In the Matter of Barry WOLDMAN, Debtor-Appellee. Appeal of Geraldine JOHNSON.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 9, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied September 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. VanEmden (submitted on briefs), VanEmden, Busch & VanEmden, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Joseph Wrobel, Chicago, IL, for Debtor-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and PELL and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 19, 1996.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Nye, a lawyer, referred a personal injury case to Woldman, another lawyer, to try it, and the two agreed to share equally any attorney fees generated by the case. Woldman settled the case, collecting a contingent fee of $45,000. But he gave Nye only $500, spent the rest on personal expenses, and declared bankruptcy. Nye assigned his claim for the balance of what...

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