Publication Date: 2021-03-15
Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Law Firm Client Relationships
Industry: Legal Services
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. - WDNY
Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Carl Bucki
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for The Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y.: Stephen A. Donato, Esq., Charles J. Sullivan, Esq., Sara C. Temes, Esq., Grayson T. Walter, Esq., of counsel, Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Syracuse, New York.
for defendant: Joseph W. Allen, Esq., Assistant U.S. Trustee, Office of the U.S. Trustee, Buffalo, New York.
Attorneys for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors: Ilan D. Scharf, Esq., Brittany M. Michael, Esq., of counsel, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, New York, New York.
Co-Counsel for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors: Scott Bogucki, Esq., of counsel, Gleichenhaus, Marchese & Weishaar, PC., Buffalo, New York.
Attorneys for Various Claimants: Richard Weisbeck, Esq., and Amy Keller, Esq., of counsel, Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP, Buffalo, New York.
Raymond L. Fink, Esq., Dennis C. Vacco, Esq., of counsel, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, Buffalo, New York.
John D. Goetz, Esq., of counsel, Jones Day, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Case Number: BK 20-10322
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