Case number: 1:20-bk-10553 - Start Man Furniture LLC, et al. - Delaware Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Start Man Furniture LLC, et al.

  • Court

    Delaware (debke)

  • Chapter

    7

  • Judge

    Craig T Goldblatt

  • Filed

    03/08/2020

  • Last Filing

    12/16/2025

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court
District of Delaware (Delaware)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 20-10553-CTG

Assigned to: Bankruptcy Judge Craig T Goldblatt
Chapter 7
Previous chapter 11
Original chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  03/08/2020
Date converted:  04/07/2020
341 meeting:  05/06/2020
Deadline for filing claims:  06/16/2020
Deadline for filing claims (govt.):  10/05/2020

Debtor

Start Man Furniture LLC, et al.

6500 East 14 Mile Road
Warren, MI 48092
MACOMB-MI
Tax ID / EIN: 38-1749205
fka
Art Van Furniture, LLC


represented by
Michael Jason Barrie

Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
1313 North Market Street
Suite 1201
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 442-7010
Fax : (302) 442-7012
Email: mbarrie@beneschlaw.com

Kevin M. Capuzzi

Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
1313 North Market Street
Suite 1201
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 442-7010
Fax : (302) 442-7012
Email: kcapuzzi@beneschlaw.com

John C Gentile

Benesch,Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, L
1313 North Market Street
Suite 1201
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-442-7071
Email: jgentile@beneschlaw.com

Kate Harmon

Benesch,Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, L
222 Delaware Avenue
Suite 801
Wilmington, DE 19801
Email: kharmon@beneschlaw.com

Jennifer R. Hoover

Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
1313 North Market Street
Suite 1201
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-442-7010
Fax : 302-442-7012
Email: jhoover@beneschlaw.com

Maura I. Russell

Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP
437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
212-867-9500
Email: mrussell@mmwr.com

Bradford J. Sandler

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
919 N Market Street, 17th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-652-4100
Fax : 302-652-4400
Email: bsandler@pszjlaw.com

Eric M. Sutty

Armstrong Teasdale
1007 North Market Street
Ste Third Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-416-9671
Email: esutty@atllp.com

Gregory W. Werkheiser

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff L
1313 North Market Street
Suite 1201
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-442-7075
Fax : 302-442-7012
TERMINATED: 09/20/2023

Trustee

Alfred T. Giuliano

Giuliano Miller & Co., LLC
2301 E. Evesham Road
Pavillion 800, Suite 210
Voorhees, NJ 08043
856-767-3000

represented by
David W. Carickhoff

Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP
1313 N. Market Street
Suite 5400
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-295-0191
Email: carickhoff@chipmanbrown.com

Jeffrey W. Dulberg

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLp
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard
13th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067-4100
310-227-6910
Fax : 310-201-0760
Email: jdulberg@pszjlaw.com

Steven W Golden

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
1700 Broadway
Ste 36th Floor
New York, NY 10019
212-561-7700
Email: sgolden@pszjlaw.com

Erin Gray

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 13th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067-4003
(310) 277-6910
Fax : (310) 201-0760
Email: egray@pszjlaw.com

Bryan J Hall

Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP
1313 N. Market Street
Suite 400
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-414-8906
Email: hall@chipmanbrown.com

Peter J Keane

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
919 N. Market Street, 17th Floor
Wilmington
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-778-6462
Email: pkeane@pszjlaw.com

Beth E. Levine

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
780 Third Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10017
(212) 561-7700
Email: blevine@pszjlaw.com

Maxim B. Litvak

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
One Sansome Street
34th Floor, Suite 3430
San Francisco, CA 94104-4436
415-263-7000
Fax : 415-263-7010
Email: mlitvak@pszjlaw.com

Colin R. Robinson

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
919 North Market Street
17th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-778-6426
Fax : 302-562-4400
Email: robinson@lrclaw.com

Jason H. Rosell

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
150 California Street
15th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-263-7000
Email: jrosell@pszjlaw.com

Bradford J. Sandler

(See above for address)

U.S. Trustee

U.S. Trustee

Office of the United States Trustee
J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building
844 King Street, Suite 2207
Lockbox 35
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302)-573-6491

represented by
Linda Richenderfer

Office of the US Trustee
US Trustee's Office
844 King Street, Suite 2207
Wilmington, DE 19801
Email: Linda.Richenderfer@usdoj.gov

Claims Agent

Kurtzman Carson Consultants, LLC dba Verita Global

222 N. Pacific Coast Highway
Suite 300
El Segundo, CA 90245
TERMINATED: 04/16/2020

represented by
Albert Kass

Kcc LLC Dba Verita Global
222 N. Pacific Coast Highway
Suite 300
El Segundo, CA 90245
310-708-6581
Email: ECFpleadings@kccllc.com
TERMINATED: 04/16/2020

Creditor Committee

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
represented by
Robert J. Feinstein

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
1700 Broadway, 36th Floor
New York, NY 10019
212-561-7700
Fax : 212-561-7777
Email: rfeinstein@pszjlaw.com

Colin R. Robinson

(See above for address)

Bradford J. Sandler

(See above for address)

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
12/16/20251730Interim Application for Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses (Eleventh) (Non-Contingent) for Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, Trustee's Attorney, period: 11/1/2024 to 7/31/2025, fee: $409,189.50, expenses: $37,841.17. Filed by Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP. Hearing scheduled for 1/13/2026 at 01:00 PM at US Bankruptcy Court, 824 Market St., 3rd Fl., Courtroom #7, Wilmington, Delaware. Objections due by 12/30/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Notice # 2 Exhibit A # 3 Certificate of Service and Service List) (Keane, Peter) (Entered: 12/16/2025)
12/02/20251729Amended HEARING CANCELLED. Notice of Agenda of Matters not going forward. The following hearing has been cancelled. Filed by Alfred T. Giuliano. Hearing scheduled for 12/4/2025 at 10:00 AM at US Bankruptcy Court, 824 Market St., 3rd Fl., Courtroom #7, Wilmington, Delaware. (Keane, Peter) (Entered: 12/02/2025)
12/02/20251728Order Granting Motion of Alfred T. Giuliano, Chapter 7 Trustee, to Approve Stipulation Between Alfred T. Giuliano, Chapter 7 Trustee, and Synchrony Bank (related document(s) 1719) Signed on 12/2/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Stipulation) (NAB) (Entered: 12/02/2025)
12/02/20251727Twelfth Order (A) Further Enlarging the Period Within Which the Chapter 7 Trustee May Remove Actions and (B) Granting Related Relief, Through and Including May 26, 2026 (related document(s) 1721) Signed on 12/2/2025. (NAB) (Entered: 12/02/2025)
12/02/20251726Order Scheduling Omnibus Hearing Date. (Related document(s) 1722) Omnibus Hearing scheduled for 1/13/2026 at 01:00 PM US Bankruptcy Court, 824 Market St., 3rd Fl., Courtroom #7, Wilmington, Delaware. Omnibus Hearing scheduled for 2/12/2026 at 10:00 AM US Bankruptcy Court, 824 Market St., 3rd Fl., Courtroom #7, Wilmington, Delaware. Signed on 12/2/2025. (NAB) (Entered: 12/02/2025)
12/02/20251725Notice of Agenda of Matters Scheduled for Hearing Filed by Alfred T. Giuliano. Hearing scheduled for 12/4/2025 at 10:00 AM at US Bankruptcy Court, 824 Market St., 3rd Fl., Courtroom #7, Wilmington, Delaware. (Keane, Peter) (Entered: 12/02/2025)
12/02/20251724Certificate of No Objection Regarding Motion of Alfred T. Giuliano, Chapter 7 Trustee, to Approve Stipulation Between Alfred T. Giuliano, Chapter 7 Trustee, and Synchrony Bank (related document(s)1719) Filed by Alfred T. Giuliano. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Proposed Order) (Keane, Peter) (Entered: 12/02/2025)
12/02/20251723Certificate of No Objection Regarding Twelfth Motion of Alfred T. Giuliano, Chapter 7 Trustee, for Order (A) Enlarging the Period Within Which the Chapter 7 Trustee May Remove Actions and (B) Granting Related Relief (related document(s)1721) Filed by Alfred T. Giuliano. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Proposed Order) (Keane, Peter) (Entered: 12/02/2025)
12/01/20251722Certification of Counsel Regarding Omnibus Hearing Dates Filed by Alfred T. Giuliano. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A # 2 Certificate of Service and Service List) (Keane, Peter) (Entered: 12/01/2025)
11/20/20251721Motion to Extend // Twelfth Motion of Alfred T. Giuliano, Chapter 7 Trustee, for Order (A) Enlarging the Period Within Which the Chapter 7 Trustee May Remove Actions and (B) Granting Related Relief Filed by Alfred T. Giuliano. Hearing scheduled for 12/4/2025 at 10:00 AM at US Bankruptcy Court, 824 Market St., 3rd Fl., Courtroom #7, Wilmington, Delaware. Objections due by 12/1/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Notice # 2 Exhibit A - Proposed Order # 3 Certificate of Service and Service List) (Keane, Peter) (Entered: 11/20/2025)