IN RE STEWART

Nos. 19-6103 & 19-6104.

970 F.3d 1255 (2020)

IN RE: David A. STEWART; Terry P. Stewart, Debtors. SE Property Holdings, LLC, Appellant, v. David A. Stewart; Terry P. Stewart; Douglas Gould, Chapter 7 Trustee; Ruston C. Welch; Welch Law Firm, P.C.; Kirkpatrick Bank, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED August 14, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Gaal , McDowell Knight Roedder & Sledge, LLC, Mobile, Alabama ( S. Fraser Reid, III , McDowell Knight Roedder & Sledge, LLC, Mobile, Alabama, Mark B. Toffoli , The Gooding Law Firm, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with him on the briefs), for Appellant.

David Cheek , Cheek & Falcone, PLLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Ruston C. Welch, Welch Law Firm, P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with him on the brief) for Appellees.

Before HARTZ, BALDOCK, and EID, Circuit Judges.


Attorney Ruston Welch received $348,404.41 in fees for representing David and Terry Stewart in their Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings. This appeal arises out of his failure to disclose his fee arrangements and payments, as required by 11 U.S.C. § 329(a) and Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2016(b), until ordered to...

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