Case number: 8:25-bk-04912 - Harding Bell International, Inc. - Florida Middle Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Harding Bell International, Inc.

  • Court

    Florida Middle (flmbke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    Roberta A. Colton

  • Filed

    07/17/2025

  • Last Filing

    01/15/2026

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

Docket Header
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Middle District of Florida (Tampa)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 8:25-bk-04912-RCT

Assigned to: Judge Roberta A. Colton
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  07/17/2025
341 meeting:  08/25/2025
Deadline for filing claims:  09/25/2025

Debtor

Harding Bell International, Inc.

113 Pontotoc Plaza
Auburndale, FL 33823
POLK-FL
Tax ID / EIN: 59-3672993

represented by
Hayley Gerson Harrison

Wernick Law PLLC
2255 Glades Road
Ste 324a
Boca Raton, FL 33431
561-961-0922
Email: hharrison@wernicklaw.com

Aaron A Wernick

Wernick Law, PLLC
2255 Glades Rd
Ste 324a
Boca Raton, FL 33431
561-961-0922
Email: awernick@wernicklaw.com

U.S. Trustee

United States Trustee - TPA

Timberlake Annex, Suite 1200
501 E Polk Street
Tampa, FL 33602
813-228-2000

represented by
Teresa Marie Dorr

Office of the United States Trustee
501 E. Polk Street, Suite 1200
Tampa, FL 33602
813-228-2000
Fax : 813-228-2303
Email: teresa.dorr@usdoj.gov

Creditor Committee

Brian and Angela McDonald

6 Marchfield Park Lane
Edinburgh EH4 5BF
United Kingdom

 
 
Creditor Committee

Nicholas & Caroline Pope

61 W. Chiltern
Woodcote, Reading RG 8 OSG
England

 
 
Creditor Committee

Timothy & Catherine Clark

213 Lakewood Dr.
Oakville Ontario Canada L6K 1B3
Canada

 
 
Creditor Committee

Graeme Hannah

113 Casa Dora, Serena
Wadi Al Saffa 7, Dubai
United Arab Emirates

 
 
Creditor Committee

Helge Ingvald Jakobsen

Sandesletta 25B
4050 Sola
Norway

 
 
Creditor Committee

Committee Unsecured Creditors
represented by
James Bradley Eising, II

Berger Singerman LLP
101 E. Kennedy Blvd
Ste 1165
Tampa, FL 33602
813-498-3400
Email: jeising@bergersingerman.com

Edward J. Peterson, III

Berger Singerman LLP
101 East Kennedy Blvd
Suite 1165
Tampa, FL 33602
813-498-3400
Fax : 813-527-3705
Email: epeterson@bergersingerman.com

Nicolette C Vilmos

Berger Singerman LLP
111 N. Magnolia Avenue
Suite 1450
Orlando, FL 32801
407-743-7900
Email: nvilmos@bergersingerman.com

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
01/15/2026236Certificate of Service Re: Order Granting Motion to Extend Time to Assume or Reject Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases - through February 6, 2026 (Related Doc # 229. Filed by Hayley Gerson Harrison on behalf of Debtor Harding Bell International, Inc. (related document(s)[232]). (Harrison, Hayley)
01/15/2026235Certificate of Service Re: Filed by Hayley Gerson Harrison on behalf of Debtor Harding Bell International, Inc. (related document(s)[234], [230]). (Harrison, Hayley)
01/15/2026234Notice of Hearing on Motion to Assume Lease Agreements and Executory Contracts Filed by Hayley Gerson Harrison on behalf of Debtor Harding Bell International, Inc. (related document(s)[230]). Hearing scheduled for 2/6/2026 at 10:00 AM at Tampa, FL - Courtroom 8A, Sam M. Gibbons United States Courthouse, 801 N. Florida Avenue. (Harrison, Hayley)
01/14/2026Preliminary Hearing Scheduled for 02/06/2026 10:00 AM Tampa, FL - Courtroom 8A, Sam M. Gibbons United States Courthouse, 801 N. Florida Avenue. Re: Motion to Assume Lease Agreements and Executory Contracts Doc 230.
This entry is not an official notice of hearing from the court.

Noticing Instructions
: The Court directs Aaron A Wernick to prepare, file, and serve a notice of hearing that includes the information on the Notice of Hearing Sample Form available at https://www.flmb.uscourts.gov/proguide/documents/Samples/Notice_of_Hearing_Bankruptcy_Sample_Form.pdf?id=1 Counsel must file and serve the notice of hearing on interested parties within 3 days. If the hearing is on an Emergency/Expedited matter, then counsel must file and serve the notice of hearing immediately upon receipt of this directive. If the notice of hearing is not timely served and filed, then the Court will remove it from the hearing calendar and, in its discretion, may deny the relief requested.


(related document(s)230). (Bill) (Entered: 01/14/2026)
01/14/2026233Chapter 11 Monthly Operating Report for the Month Ending: 12/31/2025 Filed by Aaron A Wernick on behalf of Debtor Harding Bell International, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A- Notes for December 2025 # 2 Exhibit B- December 2025 Bank Statement) (Wernick, Aaron) (Entered: 01/14/2026)
01/13/2026232
Order Granting Motion to Extend Time to Assume or Reject Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases - through February 6, 2026 (Related Doc # 229).
Service Instructions: Aaron Wernick is directed to serve a copy of this order on interested parties and file a proof of service within 3 days of entry of the order. (Lidia) (Entered: 01/13/2026)
01/12/2026231Hearing Proceeding Memo: Hearing Held - APPEARANCES: Haley Harrison; Teresa Dorr; Chad Miesen; Edward Peterson; Raye Elliott; Bradley Saxton; Alexander Dowding LISTEN ONLY APPEARANCE : Maria Hikein WITNESSES: EVIDENCE: RULING: ***(1) Con't Status Conference - CLOSED ***(2) Con't Emergency Motion to Use Cash Collateral of Cogent Bank and SouthState Bank Filed by Aaron A Wernick on behalf of Debtor (Doc #7) - GRANTED ON FURTHER INTERIM BASIS TO 2/6/26 @ 10:00 AM; ORDER BY MAYER Supplemental Motion to Use Cash Collateral Filed by Aaron A Wernick on behalf of Debtor Harding Bell International, Inc (related document(s)[61]) (Attachments: # [1] Exhibit A- Proposed Order) (Doc #93) Response to Reservation of Rights with respect to Motion for Authority to Use Cash Collateral Filed by James Bradley Eising II on behalf of Creditor Committee Committee Unsecured Creditors (re: Doc #7) (Doc #147) Opposition Response to Debtor's Emergency Motion to Approve Use of Cash Collateral of Cogent Bank and SouthState Bank Filed by Raye Curry Elliott on behalf of Creditor SouthState Bank, N.A. (re: Doc #7) (Doc #153) Joinder in SouthState Bank, N.A.'s Opposition to Debtor's Emergency Motion to Approve Use of Cash Collateral of Cogent Bank and SouthState Bank Filed by Bradley M Saxton on behalf of Creditor Cogent Bank (re: Docs 7, 153) (Doc #154) ***(3) Con't Expedited Motion for Authority to Pay Affiliate Officer Salaries Filed by Aaron A Wernick on behalf of Debtor (Doc #18) - GRANTED ON FURTHER INTERIM BASIS TO 2/6/26 @ 10:00 AM; ORDER BY MAYER Objection to Payment of Affiliate Officers Salaries Filed by James Bradley Eising II on behalf of Creditor Committee Committee Unsecured Creditors (re: Doc #18) (Doc #148) ***(4) Con't Motion to Establish Procedures to Permit Monthly Payment of Interim Fee Applications of Chapter 11 Professionals Filed by Aaron A Wernick on behalf of Debtor Harding Bell International, Inc (Doc #21) - GRA! NTED ON FURTHER INTERIM BASIS TO 2/6/26 @ 10:00 AM; ORDER BY MAYER Opposition Response to Debtor's Motion to Establish Procedures to Permit Monthly Payment of Interim Fee Applications of Chapter 11 Professionals Filed by Christian P George on behalf of Creditor SouthState Bank, NA (re: Doc #21) (Doc #143) Joinder in SouthState Bank, N.A.'s Response in Opposition to Debtor's Motion to Establish Procedures to Permit Monthly Payment of Interim Fee Applications of Chapter 11 Professionals Filed by Bradley M Saxton on behalf of Creditor Cogent Bank (re: Docs 143, 21) (Doc #151) ***(5) Con't Motion to Compel Initial Distribution to Seller/Clients Filed by Edward J Peterson III on behalf of Creditor Committee Committee Unsecured Creditors (Doc #132) - CON'T TO 2/6/26 @ 10:00 AM (AOCNFNG) Notice of Filing Exhibit A to Motion to Compel Distribution by Edward J. Peterson III on behalf of Creditor Committee Committee Unsecured Creditors (Doc #134) Opposition Response to Committee of Unsecured Creditors' Motion to Compel Initial Distribution to Seller/Clients Filed by Raye Curry Elliott on behalf of Creditor SouthState Bank, NA (related document(s)[132]) (Doc #149) Joinder Filed by Nicole Mariani Noel on behalf of Creditor Audrey James, Brandi Flowers and Darrin Hockney, David And Barbara Brady, Finbarr and Joseph Fox, Michael and Monica Chadwick, Simon Weld and Socorro Weld, Thomas Adrian Adams and Jennifer Higgins (related document(s) 132) (Doc #150) Joinder in SouthState Bank, N.A.'s Response in Opposition to Committee of Unsecured Creditors' Motion to Compel Initial Distribution to Seller/Client Filed by Bradley M Saxton on behalf of Creditor Cogent Bank (re: Docs 149, 132) (Doc #152) Proposed Orders, if applicable, should be submitted within three days after the date of the hearing - Local Rule 9072-1(c). This docket entry/document is not an official order of the Court . (Miguenes, Bill)
01/09/2026230Motion to Assume Lease Agreements and Executory Contracts Filed by Aaron A Wernick on behalf of Debtor Harding Bell International, Inc.
01/09/2026229Ex Parte Motion to Extend Time to Second Ex Parte Motion to Extend Time to Assume or Reject Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.. Filed by Aaron A Wernick on behalf of Debtor Harding Bell International, Inc.
01/08/2026228Certificate of Service Re: Order Granting Application For Compensation (Related Doc # 197). Fees awarded to Aaron A Wernick in the amount of $172,168.00, expenses awarded: $3,974.64. Filed by Aaron A Wernick on behalf of Debtor Harding Bell International, Inc. (related document(s)[225]). (Wernick, Aaron)