IN RE DOUGLAS ASPHALT CO.

Bankruptcy No. 09-51272. Adversary No. 11-05013.

483 B.R. 560 (2012)

In re DOUGLAS ASPHALT COMPANY, Debtor. Mary Jane Cardwell, Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of Douglas Asphalt Company, Plaintiff v. Bankruptcy Estate of Joel Spivey, Joel Spivey, Kyle Spivey, Florience Spivey, Ronnie Spivey, Coffee County Machine & Iron Works, Inc., Kenneth E. Futch, Jr., Kenneth E. Futch, P.C., Brent J. Savage, Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Fidelity And Deposit Company of Maryland And Zurich American Insurance Company, Arch Insurance Company, Georgia Department of Revenue, United States Treasury — Internal Revenue Service, Mary Jean Spivey, Marathon Petroleum Company, LLC n/k/a Marathon Petroleum Company, LP, Duval County/ City of Jacksonville, Florida, Georgia Department of Natural Resources/ Environmental Protection Division, Florida Department of Revenue, Toombs County Tax Commissioner, Coffee County Tax Commissioner, Ware County Tax Commissioner, Afva Enterprise, Inc., Alithicon Lubricants Co., Inc., ASC Construction Equipment USA, Inc., Atlantic Drilling Supply, Inc., Batey & Sanders, Inc., Carmeuse Lime And Slate, Inc., Cellular Depot Douglas, CDW Corporation, Days Inn, Fiberand, Inc., Five N'S, Inc., Fleetcor Technologies Operating Co., LLC, Gayatri Corporation, Georgia Surveyors Exchange Company, Carolyn Hammock, Hanson Pipe & Precast, Inc., John Carlo, Inc., Lafarge North American, Inc., Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, Mccord Tie & Timber, Inc., Subrogating Legal Judgments, LLC Assignee of Osan Petroleum Co., Inc., P & C Auto Parts, Inc., Pioneer Financial, LLC, Shree Satya Sai, LLC d/b/a Quality Inn At Fort Stewart, Regency Inn, S.A.F.E. Investments, LLC, Savannah Tire & Rubber Co., Scott Ice Service, LLC, Southern Davis Business, Strickland Oil Company, Inc., T & M Truck Center, Inc., Suwanee American Cement, LLC, Tarmac America, LLC, Defendants. Kenneth E. Futch and Savage & Turner, P.C., Movants v. Mary Jane Cardwell, Trustee for the Estate of Douglas Asphalt Company, Zurich Insurance Company of America, Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland, Arch Insurance Company, and Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, Respondents.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia, Waycross Division.

November 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Jane Cardwell, Waycross, GA, pro se.

R. Michael Souther , Brunswick, GA, Lloyd D. Murray, Sr. , Attorney at Law, Richmond Hill, GA, William E. Dillard , III, Brennan & Wasden LLP, Kathleen Horne , Margaret S. Puccini , Inglesby, Falligant, Horne, Courington, Savannah, GA, Christina A. Craddock , Bovis, Kyle & Burch, LLC, Michael F. Holbein , Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta, GA, Wendell Kerry Howell , Lumley & Howell, LLP, Macon, GA, Mark A. Gilbert , Coleman Talley LLP, Valdosta, GA, Hugh Wilson Haynes, Jr. , H. Wilson Hayes, Jr., PC, Augusta, GA, Sessions Ault Hootsell, III , Phelps Dunbar LLP, New Orleans, LA, Dennis J. Strickland, Sr. , Strickland and Garmon, Waycross, GA, Deborah S. Rubin , Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC, Southfield, MI, for Defendants.

CT Corporation, Atlanta, GA, pro se.

Brent J. Savage , Savage, Herndon & Turner, Savannah, GA, Kenneth E. Futch , The Futch Law Firm, Waycross, GA, for Defendants/Movants.


OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

JOHN S. DALIS, Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter comes before me on the amended motion for summary judgment by Defendants Kenneth E. Futch and Savage & Turner, P.C.1 ("Attorneys")2. The first issue raised is whether Attorneys have an attorney's charging lien ("Charging Lien") against...

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