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MENCHISE v. AKERMAN SENTERFITT

No. 07-13046.

532 F.3d 1146 (2008)

Chapter 7 Trustee Douglas N. MENCHISE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AKERMAN SENTERFITT, a Florida professional association, Michael I. Goldberg, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 2, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Maney, Lee S. Damsker, Maney, Damsker, Jones, Kiely & Kuhlman, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Marie A. Borland, Benjamin H. Hill, III, Erik R. Matheney, Mark J. Criser, Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, PRYOR, Circuit Judge, and JOHNSON, District Judge.

PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

The trustee for the estate of Terri L. Steffen appeals an award of attorney's fees to Akerman, Senterfitt, & Eidson, P.A., and attorney Michael I. Goldberg (collectively "Akerman") under Florida law. Fla. Stat. § 768.79. Steffen argues that section 768.79 is inapplicable in a bankruptcy case and its plain language applies to cases brought only in the "courts of" Florida. Steffen also argues...

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