United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Successfully represented debtors on appeal after the Bankruptcy Court denied their motion to hold a lender in contempt for attempting to collect on a debt that client contended had been discharged. The lender’s defense posited that the parties had entered into a new loan agreement, post-discharge. The Court of Appeals reversed the Bankruptcy Court’s order and remanded the case the Bankruptcy Court for a trial on the debtors’ contempt claims against the lender. The matter subsequently settled on very favorable terms for client.