A federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday handed a victory to the trustee in the bankruptcy case of Scott Rothstein’s defunct law firm, agreeing to advance a revised reorganization plan.

The ruling by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Raymond Ray in Fort Lauderdale effectively takes off the table a move by opposing lawyers to convert the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case to a Chapter 7 liquidation, which would have ended trustee Herbert Stettin’s role in the case after nearly three years.

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