English & Associates, P.L.L.C., a Texas Corporatio
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Harlin DeWayne Hale
10/29/2014
03/05/2019
Yes
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Assigned to: Harlin DeWayne Hale Chapter 7 Previous chapter 11 Original chapter 11 Voluntary Asset |
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Debtor English & Associates, P.L.L.C., a Texas Corporation
1700 Pacific Avenue Suite 3680 Dallas, TX 75201 DALLAS-TX 214-528-4300 Tax ID / EIN: 75-2833972 |
represented by |
Keith William Harvey
The Harvey Law Firm 6510 Abrams Road Suite 280 Dallas, TX 75231 (972) 243-3960 Fax : (214) 241-3970 Email: harvey@keithharveylaw.com |
Trustee Diane G. Reed
501 N. College Street Waxahachie, TX 75165 (972) 938-7334 |
represented by |
David W. Elmquist
Reed & Elmquist, P.C. 501 N. College Street Waxahachie, TX 75165 (972) 938-7339 Fax : (972) 923-0430 Email: delmquist@bcylawyers.com Diane G. Reed
501 N. College Street Waxahachie, TX 75165 (972) 938-7334 Fax : (972) 923-0430 Email: dgrtrustee@bcylawyers.com |
U.S. Trustee United States Trustee
1100 Commerce Street Room 976 Dallas, TX 75242 214-767-8967 |
represented by |
Erin Marie Schmidt
United States Trustee 1100 Commerce St., Room 976 Dallas, TX 75242-1496 (214) 767-1075 Fax : (214) 767-8971 Email: ustpregion06.da.ecf@usdoj.gov |
| Date Filed | # | Docket Text |
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| 10/10/2018 | 153 | (2 pgs) Notice of filing filed by Trustee Diane G. Reed (RE: related document(s) 152 Application for compensation with coversheet for Diane G. Reed, Trustee Chapter 7, Period: 10/29/2014 to 9/4/2018, Fee: $24,845.45, Expenses: $1,964.69. Filed by Trustee Diane G. Reed Objections due by 10/31/2018.). (Reed, Diane) |
| 10/10/2018 | 152 | (17 pgs) Application for compensation with coversheet for Diane G. Reed, Trustee Chapter 7, Period: 10/29/2014 to 9/4/2018, Fee: $24,845.45, Expenses: $1,964.69. Filed by Trustee Diane G. Reed Objections due by 10/31/2018. (Reed, Diane) |
| 10/10/2018 | 151 | (4 pgs) Notice of filing of trustee's final report, the report of proposed distribution, and deadline for filing objections. Objections due by 11/13/2018. (Wilcoxson, Cheryl) |
| 10/10/2018 | 150 | (17 pgs) Chapter 7 Trustees Final Report and Proposed distribution to creditors . The United States Trustee has reviewed the Chapter 7 Trustees Final Report. (Wilcoxson, Cheryl) |
| 07/06/2018 | 138 | (3 pgs) Notice of intent to abandon all remaining assets of the Debtor's estate filed by Trustee Diane G. Reed. Objections due by 7/20/2018. (Elmquist, David) |
| 06/27/2018 | 137 | (2 pgs) Order granting motion to approve settlement agreement with English Law Group, PLLC and Jay C. English (related document # 135) Entered on 6/27/2018. (Tello, Chris) |
| 06/19/2018 | 136 | (1 pg) Certificate of No Objection filed by Trustee Diane G. Reed (RE: related document(s) 135 Motion to compromise controversy with English Law Group, PLLC and Jay C. English. ). (Elmquist, David) |
| 05/25/2018 | 135 | (14 pgs) Motion to compromise controversy with English Law Group, PLLC and Jay C. English. Filed by Trustee Diane G. Reed Objections due by 6/15/2018. (Elmquist, David) |
| 05/07/2018 | 134 | (2 pgs) Trustee's interim report for the period ending: 5/4/18. Projected date of filing final report: 6/29/18 The trustee is currently holding $258,225.44. This case was commenced as a Chapter 11 case that was filed on October 29, 2014, and was converted to Chapter 7 on February 24, 2015. English & Associates is a law firm which is owned and was operated by Jay English. On or about September 8, 2014, the business operations and the client files of the debtor were transferred to English Law Group, PLLC ("ELG"), another law firm owned and operated by Jay English ("English"). The trustee, through counsel, took over the prosecution of an action that had been prosecuted by the debtor, styled "Lee Berry, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. ACE American Insurance Co., et al., Defendants" and filed in the Dallas federal district court (the "Berry Action," No. 3:14-cv-1637-d). In the Berry Action, the trustee sought to recover from defendants, including Landmark American Insurance Company ("Landmark") attorneys' fees totaling approximately $1.8 million that were awarded in another lawsuit that the debtor commenced on behalf of former students of ATI Enterprises, Inc. ("ATI"). On January 21, 2014, ATI and affiliated entities commenced Chapter 7 cases in the bankruptcy court for the District of Delaware. On June 15, 2016, the trustee, through special counsel, filed a motion to annul the automatic stay to permit further prosecution of the Berry Action. On October 11, 2016, the Delaware bankruptcy court entered an order approving a joint stipulation between Jeoffrey Burtch, the bankruptcy ATI trustee, and trustee Reed resolving the motion to annul (the "Stipulation"). The Stipulation provided that trustee Reed's claim against Landmark in the Berry Action shall remain abated, but that $800,000 will be deposited into the registry of the Delaware bankruptcy court from the first recovery by trustee Burtch from the lawsuit he has separately commenced against the Insurance Companies. Trustee Burtch settled his lawsuit against the Insurance Companies and $800,000 of the settlement proceeds was deposited into the Delaware bankruptcy court registry (the "Registry Funds"). Counsel for trustee Reed and trustee Burtch thereafter negotiated a settlement of their respective claims to the Registry Funds whereby trustee Reed received $401,543.44 of the Registry Funds. This settlement was approved by the bankruptcy courts in the English & Associates and ATI cases. The trustee and ELG recently reached an agreement to compromise and settle the trustee's fraudulent transfer claims by the payment to the trustee of $7,500. Upon the court's entry of an order approving the settlement and once the settlement payment is received, the trustee will proceed with the necessary steps to close this case. (Reed, Diane) |
| 03/28/2018 | 133 | (2 pgs) Order granting amended first and final application for compensation (related document # 126) granting for The Harvey Law Firm, P.C., fees awarded: $21675.00, expenses awarded: $1717.00 Entered on 3/28/2018. (Tello, Chris) |