Case number: 0:22-bk-16223 - Botanical Decorators, Inc. - Maryland Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Botanical Decorators, Inc.

  • Court

    Maryland (mdbke)

  • Chapter

    7

  • Judge

    Maria Ellena Chavez-Ruark

  • Filed

    11/07/2022

  • Last Filing

    09/15/2025

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court
District of Maryland (Greenbelt)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 22-16223

Assigned to: Judge Maria Ellena Chavez-Ruark
Chapter 7
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  11/07/2022
341 meeting:  03/15/2023
  
Case Administrator:   Lisa Alexander
Team 2 Phone:    301-344-3965

Debtor

Botanical Decorators, Inc.

P.O. Box 60833
Potomac, MD 20859
MONTGOMERY-MD
Tax ID / EIN: 45-3806831
aka
CJC & Associates Inc.

TERMINATED: 03/14/2023
aka
Cahill Companies

aka
Cahill Land Design


represented by
Maurice Belmont VerStandig

The VerStandig Law Firm, LLC
9812 Falls Road
#114-160
Potomac, MD 20854
301-444-4600
Email: mac@mbvesq.com

Trustee

Laura J. Margulies

Laura Margulies, Trustee
7050 W. Palmetto Park Road
Suite 15-390
33433
Boca Raton, FL 33433
301-483-9800
Email: trustee@law-margulies.com

represented by
James M. Hoffman

Offit Kurman, P.A.
7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000W
Bethesda, MD 20814
(240) 507-1700
Fax : (240) 507-1735
Email: jhoffman@offitkurman.com

Laura J. Margulies

Laura Margulies, Trustee
7050 W. Palmetto Park Road
Suite 15-390
33433
Boca Raton, FL 33433
301-483-9800
Email: trustee@law-margulies.com

U.S. Trustee

US Trustee - Greenbelt, 11

6305 Ivy Lane, Suite 600
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Email: USTPRegion04.GB.ECF@USDOJ.GOV
represented by
Lynn A. Kohen

U.S. Trustee Office
6305 Ivy Lane, Suite 600
Greenbelt, MD 20770
301-344-6221
TERMINATED: 06/04/2025

L. Jeanette Rice

Office of the U. S. Trustee
6305 Ivy Lane
Suite 600
Greenbelt, MD 20770
301-344-6220
Email: Jeanette.Rice@usdoj.gov

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
09/14/202597BNC Certificate of Mailing. (related document(s)[95] Assignment of Claim filed by Creditor Dilks & Knopik, LLC). No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 09/14/2025. (Admin.)
09/12/202595Assignment of Claims Transfer Agreement 3001 (e) 2 Transferor: Arturo Esquivel (Claim No. 9) To Dilks & Knopik, LLC Fee Amount $28 Filed by Dilks & Knopik, LLC. (Attachments: # (1) Assignment)(Dilks, Brian)
08/26/2025Adversary Case 0:25-ap-127 Closed. (Arter, Laurie) (Entered: 08/26/2025)
08/15/2025Receipt of deposit of Unclaimed Funds. Receipt Number 22004053. Amount $ 143.74 received by TA. (admin) (Entered: 08/15/2025)
08/15/2025Receipt of deposit of Unclaimed Funds. Receipt Number 22004052. Amount $ 2,770.50 received by TA. (admin) (Entered: 08/15/2025)
08/08/202594Consent Judgment RE: 91 Motion to Approve Stipulation/Settlement Between the Trustee and Arturo Esquivel filed by Trustee Laura J. Margulies; Consent Judgment Entered in favor of the Chapter 7 Trustee, Laura J. Margulies in the Amount of $3,371.10. SO ORDERED--No opposition filed. (Alexander, Lisa) (Entered: 08/08/2025)
07/26/202593BNC Certificate of Mailing - PDF Document. (related document(s)[92] Order on Application for Compensation). No. of Notices: 3. Notice Date 07/26/2025. (Admin.)
07/24/202592Order Approving (A) Trustee's Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses and (B) Compensation of Trustee's Counsel and Reimbursement Expenses RE: [83] Application for Compensation for Laura J. Margulies, Chapter 7 Trustee, 11/8/2022 - 6/25/2025, Fees: $19420.70, Expenses: $563.91 filed by Trustee Laura J. Margulies, [84] Application for Compensation for James Hoffman, Special Counsel, 12/1/2022 - 4/24/2025, Fees: $90758.00, Expenses: $692.02 filed by Trustee Laura J. Margulies and [85] Application for Compensation for Larry Strauss Esq., Accountant, 2/20/2023 - 4/7/2025 filed by Trustee Laura J. Margulies, Fees awarded: $46444.50, expenses awarded: $500.00; SO ORDERED--No opposition filed. (Alexander, Lisa)
07/10/202591Motion to Approve Stipulation/Settlement . Notice Served on 7/10/2025, Filed by Laura J. Margulies. Responses due by 7/31/2025. (Attachments: # (1) Notice of Motion # (2) List of All Creditors # (3) Proposed Order) (Margulies, Laura)
06/25/202590Amended Certificate of Service Filed by Laura J. Margulies (related document(s)[87] Application to Destroy Books and Records filed by Trustee Laura J. Margulies, [88] Notice filed by Trustee Laura J. Margulies). (Attachments: # (1) List of All Creditors) (Margulies, Laura)