Case number: 1:24-bk-12096 - Hawthorne Food Company - Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Hawthorne Food Company

  • Court

    Massachusetts (mabke)

  • Chapter

    7

  • Judge

    Janet E. Bostwick

  • Filed

    10/18/2024

  • Last Filing

    08/11/2025

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

Docket Header
NTCAPR, CONVERTED



United States Bankruptcy Court
District of Massachusetts (Boston)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 24-12096

Assigned to: Judge Janet E. Bostwick
Chapter 7
Previous chapter 11
Original chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  10/18/2024
Date converted:  01/15/2025
341 meeting:  02/18/2025

Debtor

Hawthorne Food Company

c/o Lee Harrington
117 Beaver Street
Suite 100
Suite 102
Waltham, MA 02452
6178402755
Tax ID / EIN: 83-0817019

represented by
Lee Harrington

Ascendant Law Group
2 Dundee Park Drive
Suite 102
Andover, MA 01810
(617) 840-2755
Email: lh@ascendantlawgroup.com

Assistant U.S. Trustee

Richard King - B

Office of the US Trustee
J.W. McCormack Post Office & Courthouse
5 Post Office Sq., 10th Fl, Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02109
617-788-0400

represented by
Eric K. Bradford

Department of Justice
5 Post Office Square
10th Floor, Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02109-3934
202-306-3815
Fax : 617-565-6368
Email: Eric.K.Bradford@USDOJ.gov

Jacqueline F. Dagle

DOJ-Ust
Department of Justice
5 Post Office Square
10th Floor, Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02109-3934
202-341-9563
Email: jacqueline.f.dagle@usdoj.gov

Trustee

Harold B. Murphy

Murphy & King, P.C.
28 State Street
Ste 3101
Boston, MA 02109
617-423-0400

represented by
Andrew G. Lizotte

Murphy & King, P.C.
28 State Street
Ste 3101
Boston, MA 02109
617-423-0400
Fax : 617-423-0498
Email: agl@murphyking.com

Creditor Committee

The Official Committee Of Unsecured Creditors
represented by
Christopher M. Candon

Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA
1000 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101
(603)627-8168
Email: ccandon@sheehan.com

James S. LaMontagne

Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green
28 State Street, 22nd Floor
Boston, MA 02109
603-627-8102
Email: jlamontagne@sheehan.com

James S. LaMontagne

Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green
1000 Elm Street, P.O. Box 3701
Manchester, NH 03105-3701
(603) 627-8102
Email: jlamontagne@sheehan.com

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
08/06/2025333Proceeding Memorandum and Order dated 8/6/2025 Re: 325Motion filed by Trustee Harold B. Murphy For Authority to Disburse Funds from Escrow Account. HEARING HELD ON AUGUST 6, 2025. FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH ON THE RECORD, THE MOTION IS GRANTED IN PART AS FOLLOWS. See Order for Full Text. (skeating, usbc) (Entered: 08/06/2025)
08/06/2025332Proceeding Memorandum and Order dated 8/6/2025 Re: 324 Omnibus Motion filed by Trustee Harold B. Murphy to Approve Stipulations withFormer Employees of the Debtor Respecting Allowance of Claims 320 Stipulation,321 Stipulation, 322 Stipulation, and 323 Stipulation. HEARING HELD ON AUGUST 6, 2025. FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH ON THE RECORD, THE MOTION IS GRANTED IN PART AS FOLLOWS. See Order for Full Text. (skeating, usbc) (Entered: 08/06/2025)
08/06/2025331Proceeding Memorandum and Order dated 8/6/2025 Re: 311 Motion to Approve Stipulation Between Trustee and Debtor-In-Possession Lender Respecting Distribution of Escrow Account Funds 310 Stipulation. HEARING HELD ON AUGUST 6, 2025. FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH ON THE RECORD, THE MOTION IS
GRANTED
, AND THE STIPULATION IS APPROVED. (skeating, usbc) (Entered: 08/06/2025)
08/05/2025330Supplement to Stipulation Between Trustee and Erin Pettingill Respecting Allowance of Employee Claim (Re: 322 Stipulation) filed by Trustee Harold B. Murphy (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Service) (Lizotte, Andrew) (Entered: 08/05/2025)
08/04/2025329Status Report (Re: 311 Motion to Approve, 324 Motion to Approve, 325 Motion for Order/Authority) filed by Trustee Harold B. Murphy (Lizotte, Andrew) (Entered: 08/04/2025)
07/17/2025328Certificate of Service of Notice of Hearing (Re: 320 Stipulation, 321 Stipulation, 322 Stipulation, 323 Stipulation, 324 Motion to Approve, 325 Motion for Order/Authority) filed by Trustee Harold B. Murphy (Lizotte, Andrew) (Entered: 07/17/2025)
07/17/2025327Hybrid Hearing Scheduled on 8/6/2025 at 11:00 AM at Boston Courtroom 3, 12th Floor, 5 Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109 Re: 324 Motion filed by Trustee Harold B. Murphy to Approve 320 Stipulation, 321 Stipulation, 322 Stipulation, 323 Stipulation and 325 Motion filed by Trustee Harold B. Murphy For Authority to Disburse Funds from Escrow Account. Objections due by 8/5/2025 at 04:00 PM. In order to provide flexibility and maximize access for parties in interest in addressing the Motion, the hearing is scheduled as a Hybrid Hearing. Parties in interest and counsel may choose to participate either remotely by video or in person. Parties in interest and counsel who wish to appear remotely may do so by complying with the terms of the Order Regarding Procedures for Appearances by Video at Hearings dated October 18,2024, ("Video Hearing Order"). Any pro se parties or counsel intending to attend by video must provide the Notice of Participation required under Paragraph II, 2 of that order to the Courtroom Deputy Lisa Belanger at lisa_belanger@mab.uscourts.gov by July 31, 2025, by 4:30 p.m. As provided in the Video Hearing Order, appearance by video is limited to counsel and parties in interest. Members of the general public are welcome to attend the hearing in person in the Courtroom. Requests submitted after the above deadline may not be considered by the Court. (lb) (Entered: 07/17/2025)
07/15/2025326Certificate of Service (Re: 320 Stipulation, 321 Stipulation, 322 Stipulation, 323 Stipulation, 324 Motion to Approve, 325 Motion for Order/Authority) filed by Trustee Harold B. Murphy (Lizotte, Andrew) (Entered: 07/15/2025)
07/15/2025325Motion filed by Trustee Harold B. Murphy For Authority to Disburse Funds from Escrow Account. (Lizotte, Andrew) (Entered: 07/15/2025)
07/15/2025324Motion filed by Trustee Harold B. Murphy to Approve [Re: 320 Stipulation, 321 Stipulation, 322 Stipulation, 323 Stipulation]. (Lizotte, Andrew) (Entered: 07/15/2025)