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IN RE ELIAS

BAP No. NV-95-2258-RMaMe, Bankruptcy No. 94-20662-LBR.

215 B.R. 600 (1997)

In re Shelly ELIAS, Debtor. Shelly ELIAS, Appellant, v. LISOWSKI LAW FIRM, CHTD.; United States Trustee, Appellees.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 27, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Nerseian, Nerseian & Clark, Las Vegas, NV, for Appellant.

Elizabeth A. Stephens, Lisowski Law Firm, CHTD, Las Vegas, NV, for Lisowski Law Firm, Chtd.

Before: MARLAR, RUSSELL, and MEYERS, Bankruptcy Judges.

OPINION

MARLAR, Bankruptcy Judge:

After the debtor's chapter 112 case was dismissed, her bankruptcy attorney filed a state-court lawsuit against her for $10,000.00 of unpaid chapter 11 attorneys' fees. The debtor filed a motion for summary judgment in the state-court action, arguing that her former attorney was not entitled to any fees because he had secured his employment in the bankruptcy case fraudulently by failing to disclose...

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