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IN RE ALVAREZ

No. 99-12918.

224 F.3d 1273 (2000)

In re: Fernando R. ALVAREZ, Debtor. Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, P.A., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fernando R. Alvarez, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 30, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Michael DeLoach, Brandon, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Donald R. Kirk, Edward M. Waller, Jr., Charles Tyler Cone, Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Jeffrey W. Warren, Bush, Ross, Gardner, Warren & Rudy, P.A., Tampa, FL, Michael C. Markham, Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, P.A., Clearwater, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and DUBINA and HILL, Circuit Judges.

ANDERSON, Chief Judge:

Fernando Alvarez appeals from the district court's order reversing an order of the bankruptcy court. His appeal raises the question of whether his legal malpractice cause of action, relating to the filing of his petition for bankruptcy, is property belonging to him as an individual or is property of his bankruptcy estate. We conclude that the malpractice claim is property of Alvarez's bankruptcy estate, and accordingly, we affirm the order of...

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