IN RE ALTHEIMER

No. 09-3336.

601 F.3d 740 (2010)

In the Matter of ALTHEIMER & Gray, Debtor. Appeal of Mark H. Berens, Movant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Botica, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, for Debtor.

Richard S. Alsterda, (argued), Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago, IL, for Movant-Appellant.

Christine L. Childers (argued), Catherine L. Steege, Attorney, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, for Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

At the height of its prosperity, Altheimer & Gray, a law firm founded 1914 in Chicago, had offices in 11 cities: Bratislava, Bucharest, Chicago, Istanbul, Kiev, London, Prague, San Francisco, Shanghai, Springfield, and Warsaw. But in 2003 it entered involuntary bankruptcy after it failed to pay its landlord and other creditors. The firm's creditors approved a liquidation under which debts to its partners would be subordinated to debts...

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