Case number: 1:23-bk-12237 - ESCO, Ltd. - Maryland Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    ESCO, Ltd.

  • Court

    Maryland (mdbke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    David E Rice

  • Filed

    03/31/2023

  • Last Filing

    01/30/2026

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

Docket Header
PlnDue, NODIS, ClaimsAgent



U.S. Bankruptcy Court
District of Maryland (Baltimore)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 23-12237

Assigned to: Chief Judge David E Rice
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  03/31/2023
Plan confirmed:  11/16/2023
341 meeting:  04/26/2023
  
Case Administrator:   Kelly Horning
Team 2 Phone:    301-344-3965

Debtor

ESCO, Ltd.

1800 Woodlawn Drive
Gwynn Oak, MD 21207-4007
BALTIMORE(COUNTY,NOT CITY)-MD
Tax ID / EIN: 52-0805654
dba
Shoe City

dba
YCMC


represented by
Daniel Jack Blum

Polsinelli PC
1401 I Street NW Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
202-772-8483
Email: jack.blum@polsinelli.com

Katherine M. Devanney

Polsinelli PC
222 Delaware Avenue
Suite 1101
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-252-0933
Fax : 302-252-0921
Email: kdevanney@polsinelli.com

Michael V. DiPietro

Polsinelli PC
222 Delaware Avenue
Suite 1101
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-252-0939
Fax : 302-252-0921
Email: mdipietro@polsinelli.com

Shanti M. Katona

Polsinelli PC
222 Delaware Avenue
Suite 1101
Wilmington, DE 19801

Tony William Torain, II

McDermott Will & Schulte LLP
The McDermott Building
500 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-756-8000
Fax : 202-756-8087
Email: ttorain@mwe.com

Christopher A Ward

Polsinelli PC
222 Delaware Avenue
Suite 1101
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-252-0920
Email: cward@polsinelli.com

Christopher A. Ward

222 Delaware Avenue
Suite 1101
Wilmimgton, DE 19801

Trustee

For Internal Use Only

Email: bnc@mdb.uscourts.gov
TERMINATED: 04/21/2023

 
 
Trustee

Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee

Gary H. Leibowitz
Cole Schotz P.C.
1201 Wills Street, Suite 320
Baltimore, MD 21231

represented by
Harry Conrad Jones, III

Cole Schotz P.C.
1201 Wills Street
Suite 320
Baltimore, MD 21231
410-230-0660
Fax : 410-230-0667
Email: HJones@coleschotz.com

Gary H. Leibowitz

Cole Schotz P.C.
1201 Wills Street
Suite 320
Baltimore, MD 21231
410-230-0660
Fax : 410-528-9401
Email: gleibowitz@coleschotz.com

U.S. Trustee

US Trustee - Baltimore

NVALID ADDRESS PROVIDED
(410) 962-4300
Fax : (410) 962-3537
Email: USTPRegion04.BA.ECF@USDOJ.GOV
represented by
Hugh M. (UST) Bernstein

Office of U.S. Trustee
101 W. Lombard Street
Suite 2625
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 962-7771
Email: hugh.m.bernstein@usdoj.gov

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
01/29/2026481BNC Certificate of Mailing - PDF Document. (related document(s)[480] Order on Motion to Appear pro hac vice). No. of Notices: 6. Notice Date 01/29/2026. (Admin.)
01/27/2026480Order Granting Motion For Admission pro hac vice (related document(s):[478] Motion to Appear pro hac vice of Steven Yachik Representing Shoe City Liquidating Trust.filed by Trustee Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee). (Horning, Kelly)
01/26/2026478Motion to Appear pro hac vice of Steven Yachik Representing Shoe City Liquidating Trust. Filed by Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee. (Attachments: # (1) Proposed Order) (Leibowitz, Gary)Modified on 1/26/2026 enhanced title of text (Horning, Kelly).
01/23/2026477BNC Certificate of Mailing - Hearing. (related document(s)[475] Notice of Hearing). No. of Notices: 2. Notice Date 01/23/2026. (Admin.)
01/22/2026476Certificate of Service re: Notice of Hearing (Docket No. 475) Filed by Stretto, Inc (related document(s)[475] Notice of Hearing). (Betance, Sheryl)
01/21/2026475Notice of Hearing (related document(s)[439] Objection to Claim filed by Trustee Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee, [440] Objection to Claim filed by Trustee Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee, [441] Objection to Claim filed by Trustee Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee, [449] Objection to Claim filed by Trustee Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee, [464] Court Instruction, [465] Court Instruction, [466] Court Instruction, [467] Court Instruction). Hearing scheduled for 2/5/2026 at 02:00 PM. Virtual hearing - For hearing access information see www.mdb.uscourts.gov/hearings or call 410-962-2688. (Cumberland, Erica)
01/16/2026474Chapter 11 Post-Confirmation Report for the Quarter Ending: 12/31/2025 Filed by Gary H. Leibowitz. (Leibowitz, Gary)
01/14/2026473Supplemental Certificate of Service for the Shoe City Liquidating Trusts' Omnibus Claims Objections in Response to Deficiency Notices. Filed by Gary H. Leibowitz (related document(s)[439] Objection to Claim filed by Trustee Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee, [440] Objection to Claim filed by Trustee Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee, [441] Objection to Claim filed by Trustee Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee, [449] Objection to Claim filed by Trustee Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee). (Leibowitz, Gary)
01/13/2026472Certificate of Service (Supplemental) re: Fourth Omnibus Objection of the Shoe City Liquidating Trust to Proofs of Claim (Satisfied Claims) (Docket No. 439), Fifth Omnibus Objection of the Shoe City Liquidating Trust to Proofs of Claim (Satisfied Claims) (Docket No. 440), Schedule 1 to Fourth Omnibus Objection of the Shoe City Liquidating Trust to Proofs of Claim (Satisfied Claims) (Docket No. 446), and Schedule 1 to Fifth Omnibus Objection of the Shoe City Liquidating Trust to Proofs of Claim (Satisfied Claims) (Docket No. 447) Filed by Stretto, Inc (related document(s)[439] Objection to Claim filed by Trustee Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee, [440] Objection to Claim filed by Trustee Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee, [446] Support Document filed by Trustee Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee, [447] Support Document filed by Trustee Steven Balasiano, Liquidating Trustee). (Betance, Sheryl)
01/10/2026471BNC Certificate of Mailing - PDF Document. (related document(s)[467] Court Instruction). No. of Notices: 7. Notice Date 01/10/2026. (Admin.)