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IN RE THELEN LLP

Docket No. 12-4138-bk.

736 F.3d 213 (2013)

In Re THELEN LLP Yann Geron, as Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of Thelen LLP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: November 15, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard P. Magaliff , Rich Michaelson Magaliff Moser, LLP, New York, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas Feher , Thompson Hine LLP, Cleveland, OH, ( M. Ryan Pinkston , Chicago, IL, and Robert W. Dremluk , Seyfarth Shaw LLP, NY, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Damian Schaible ( David A. Lewis , on the brief), The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York, New York for Amicus Curiae in support of Defendant-Appellee.

Before: LYNCH, CHIN, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.

GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to decide whether, for purposes of administering the firm's related bankruptcy, New York law treats a dissolved law firm's pending hourly fee matters as its property. Because we conclude that we cannot definitively answer that question without the guidance of the New York Court of Appeals, we certify controlling questions of law to that court.

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