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Law Practice

Nov. 13, 2014

Ruling ties up Shulman Hodges tussle

Concluding a spat between Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP of Irvine and a former bankruptcy client, a judge has ruled that the firm would not be punished beyond a $58,000 disgorgement previously awarded.


By Alex Shively


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Concluding a spat between Irvine-based Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP and a former bankruptcy client, a judge ruled Monday that the firm would not be punished beyond a $58,000 disgorgement previously awarded.


U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Theodor C. Albert ordered the disgorgement last month and denied a $211,000 fee application filed by the firm, which represented debtor Steve Sedgwick on the restructurin...

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