J.J. RISSELL, ALLENTOWN, PA TRUST v. MARCHELOS

No. 19-10607, No. 19-10608, No. 20-11357.

976 F.3d 1233 (2020)

J.J. RISSELL, ALLENTOWN, PA TRUST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Spiro MARCHELOS, Defendant-Appellee. J.J. Rissell, Allentown, PA Trust, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Soneet Kapila, Defendant-Appellee. John A. Moffa, as Trustee of The J.J. Rissell, Allentown, PA Trust, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Soneet R. Kapila, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Breuer , John A. Moffa , Moffa & Breuer, PLLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant J.J. Rissell , Allentown PA, Trust (Docket nos. 19-10607 & 19-10608).

Chad P. Pugatch , George Leo Zinkler, III , Rice Pugatch Robinson Storfer & Cohen, PLLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellee Soneet Kapila (Docket nos. 19-10607 & 19-10608).

Stephen C. Breuer , John A. Moffa , Moffa & Breuer, PLLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Kevin Christopher Gleason , Florida Bankruptcy Group, LLC, Hollywood, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant John A. Moffa (Docket no. 20-11357).

Thomas R. Lehman , Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider Grossman, LLP, Miami, FL, Chad P. Pugatch , Rice Pugatch Robinson Storfer & Cohen, PLLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellee Soneet R. Kapila (Docket no. 20-11357).

Thomas R. Lehman , Robin J. Rubens , Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider Grossman, LLP, Miami, FL, William Calnan , The Tarich Law Firm, PA, Hollywood, FL, Glenn Jerrold Waldman , Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellee Spiro Marchelos (Docket no. 20-11357).

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT and HULL, Circuit Judges.


In all three of these bankruptcy appeals, Stephen Breuer of Moffa & Breuer, PLLC, filed the notice of appeal and purports to represent the J.J. Rissell Trust. But the bankruptcy court disqualified attorney John Moffa and the Moffa & Breuer firm from representing the Trust. Because the Trust was a 50 percent shareholder...

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