Case number: 1:24-bk-12480 - Franchise Group, Inc. - Delaware Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Franchise Group, Inc.

  • Court

    Delaware (debke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    John T Dorsey

  • Filed

    11/03/2024

  • Last Filing

    01/07/2025

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court
District of Delaware (Delaware)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 24-12480-JTD

Assigned to: Chief Bankruptcy Jud John T Dorsey
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  11/03/2024
341 meeting:  12/13/2024
Deadline for filing claims:  01/23/2025

Debtor

Franchise Group, Inc.

109 Innovation Court
Suite J
Delaware, OH 43015
DELAWARE-OH
Tax ID / EIN: 27-3561876
aka
Liberty Tax, Inc.


represented by
Shella Borovinskaya

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Rodney Square
1000 North King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-571-6600
Email: sborovinskaya@ycst.com

Joseph R. Brandt

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
212-728-8000
Email: jbrandt@willkie.com

James C Dugan

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
212-728-8000
Email: jdugan@willkie.com

Betsy Lee Feldman

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
212-728-8000
Fax : 212-728-8111
Email: bfeldman@willkie.com

Matthew A. Feldman

Willkie Farr & Gallagher
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
212-728-8000
Email: mfeldman@wisllkie.com

Jessica D. Graber

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
212-728-8000
Fax : 212-728-8111
Email: jgraber@willkie.com

Yara Kass-Gergi

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
212-728-8000
Email: ykass-gergi@willkie.com

Marine Loison

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
212-728-8000
Email: mloison@wilkie.com

Stuart R. Lombardi

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019-6099
212-728-8000
Email: slombardi@willkie.com

Kristin L McElroy

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Rodney Square
1000 North King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-571-6600
Email: KMcElroy@ycst.com

Allison S Mielke

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Rodney Square
1000 North King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
302.571.6600
Fax : 302.571.1253
Email: amielke@ycst.com

Edmon L. Morton

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Rodney Square
1000 North King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
302 571-6600
Fax : 302-571-1253
Email: emorton@ycst.com

Debra McElligott Sinclair

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
212-728-8000
Email: dsinclair@willkie.com

Brady Sullivan

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
212-728-8000
Email: bsullivan@willkie.com

U.S. Trustee

U.S. Trustee

Office of the United States Trustee
J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building
844 King Street, Suite 2207
Lockbox 35
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302)-573-6491

represented by
Timothy Jay Fox, Jr.

Office of the United States Trustee
U. S. Department of Justice
844 King Street, Suite 2207
Lockbox #35
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-573-6491
Fax : 302-573-6497
Email: timothy.fox@usdoj.gov

Claims Agent

Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC

www.kroll.com/kra
1 World Trade Center
31st Floor
New York, NY 10007

represented by
Benjamin Joseph Steele

Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC
(F/K/A Prime Clerk LLC)
850 Third Avenue
Suite 412
Brooklyn, NY 11232
212-257-5490
Email: bsteele@primeclerk.com

Transcriber

Reliable Companies

Attn: Gene Matthews
1007 North Orange Street
Suite 110
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-654-8080

 
 
Creditor Committee

Committee of Unsecured Creditors


 
 
Creditor Committee

OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS
represented by
Gregory V. Demo

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
780 Third Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10017
212-561-7730
Fax : 212-561-7777
Email: gdemo@pszjlaw.com

Jeffrey M Dine

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
780 Third Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10017-2024
212-561-7735
Fax : 212-480-8421
Email: jdine@pszjlaw.com

Robert J. Feinstein

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
780 Third Avenue
34th Floor
New York, NY 10017
212-561-7700
Fax : 212-561-7777
Email: rfeinstein@pszjlaw.com

Theodore S. Heckel

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
780 Third Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10017
212-561-7700
Fax : 212-561-7777
Email: theckel@pszjlaw.com

Alan J. Kornfeld

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
780 Third Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10017
212-561-7700
Fax : 212-561-7777
Email: akornfeld@pszjlaw.com

Beth E. Levine, Esq.

PACHULSKI STANG ZIEHL & JONES LLP
780 Third Avenue
34th Floor
New York, NY 10017-2024
212-561-7720
Fax : 212-561-7777
Email: blevine@pszjlaw.com

Colin R. Robinson

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
919 North Market Street
17th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-652-4100
Fax : 302-562-4400
Email: crobinson@pszjlaw.com

Bradford J. Sandler

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
919 N. Market Street, 17th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-468-7750
Fax : 302-652-4400
Email: bsandler@pszjlaw.com

James W. Walker

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
700 Louisiana Street, Suite 4500
Houston, TX 77002
713-691-9385
Email: jwalker@pszjlaw.com

Hayley R. Winograd

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
780 Third Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10017-2024
212-561-7732
Email: hwinograd@pszjlaw.com

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01/07/2025666Order Granting Motion for Admission pro hac vice of Lisa S. Bonsall (Related Doc # 611) Order Signed on 1/7/2025. (LJH) (Entered: 01/07/2025)
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