IN RE CRIVELLO

No. 97-1646.

134 F.3d 831 (1998)

In re Frank Pio CRIVELLO, Debtor. KRAVIT, GASS & WEBER, S.C., Appellant, v. M. Scott MICHEL, United States Trustee, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

January 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Shriner, Jr. (argued), Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, WI, for Appellant.

John L. Daugherty, Executive Office for the United States Trustees, Washington, DC, John R. Byrnes (argued), United States Department of Justice, avid Walter Asbach, United States Trustee/DOJ, Milwaukee, WI, for Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

In its application for employment as bankruptcy counsel for Frank Crivello, the debtor-in-possession, Kravit, Gass & Weber, S.C. ("KGW"), did not disclose prior interactions it had with the debtor as well as its prepetition claims against him. After approving its petition, the bankruptcy court learned of these connections, revoked KGW's employment order, and denied its petitions for compensation. KGW appealed to the district court, which...

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