Case number: 8:23-bk-03944 - Lucas, Macyszyn & Dyer Law Firm. PLLC - Florida Middle Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Lucas, Macyszyn & Dyer Law Firm. PLLC

  • Court

    Florida Middle (flmbke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    Catherine Peek McEwen

  • Filed

    09/08/2023

  • Last Filing

    11/19/2024

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Middle District of Florida (Tampa)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 8:23-bk-03944-CPM

Assigned to: Catherine Peek McEwen
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  09/08/2023
341 meeting:  11/20/2023
Deadline for filing claims:  11/17/2023

Debtor

Lucas, Macyszyn & Dyer Law Firm. PLLC

9020 Rancho Del Rio Dr #101
New Port Richey, FL 34655
PASCO-FL
Tax ID / EIN: 14-1981023

represented by
Alberto F Gomez, Jr.

Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns, LLP
400 North Ashley Drive
Suite 3100
Tampa, FL 33602
813-225-2500
Email: al@jpfirm.com

Pierre Seacord

Buckley Seacord & Justice, PA
200 South Orange Avenue, Suite 2850
Orlando, FL 32801
407-841-3800

Trustee

Kathleen L DiSanto

Bush Ross, P.A.
PO Box 3913
Tampa, FL 33601-3913
813-224-9255

represented by
Kathleen L DiSanto

Bush Ross, P.A.
PO Box 3913
Tampa, FL 33601-3913
813-224-9255
Email: disanto.trustee@bushross.com

U.S. Trustee

United States Trustee - TPA

Timberlake Annex, Suite 1200
501 E Polk Street
Tampa, FL 33602
813-228-2000
represented by
Nicole Peair

Timberlake Annex
501 E Polk Street, Suite 1200
Tampa, FL 33602
813-228-2000
Email: Nicole.W.Peair@USdoj.gov

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
11/19/2024285Order Granting Application For Compensation (Related Doc [253]). Fees awarded to Buckley Seacord & Justice, PA in the amount of $9001.00, expenses awarded: $49509.78 Service Instructions: Alberto Gomez is directed to serve a copy of this order on interested parties and file a proof of service within 3 days of entry of the order. (Scanlon, Ryan)
11/19/2024284Certificate of Service Re: Final Order Granting Motion Approving Settlement and Compromise of Controversy with Former Clients of the Debtor Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 (i) Scheduling Hearing (ii) Setting Deadlines for Objections to Settlement (iii) Approving Form and Manner of Service of Motion (iv) Extending the Bar Date to Parties to Settlement and (v) Granting Related Relief (Doc. No. 281) and the Order Confirming the Debtors Second Amended Chapter 11, Subchapter V Plan of Reorganization Dated September 23, 2024 (Doc. No. 283). Filed by Alberto F Gomez Jr. on behalf of Debtor Lucas, Macyszyn & Dyer Law Firm. PLLC (related document(s)[281], [283]). (Attachments: # (1) Mailing Matrix) (Gomez, Alberto)
11/18/2024283Order Confirming The Debtor's Second Amended Chapter 11 Subchapter V Plan Of Reorganization Dated September 23, 2024 (related document(s)[256], [163]). Hearing scheduled for 1/9/2025 at 03:30 PM at Tampa, FL - Courtroom 8B, Sam M. Gibbons United States Courthouse, 801 N. Florida Avenue. Service Instructions: Alberto Gomez is directed to serve a copy of this order on interested parties and file a proof of service within 3 days of entry of the order. (Montero, Juan)
11/18/2024282Notice of Change of Address As to Payment Address and Noticing Address for Charles Magnusson Filed by Alberto F Gomez Jr. on behalf of Debtor Lucas, Macyszyn & Dyer Law Firm. PLLC. (Gomez, Alberto)
11/18/2024281Final Order Granting Motion to Approve Compromise or Settlement With Former Clients of the Debtor. Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 (i) Scheduling Hearing (ii) Setting Deadlines for Objections to Settlement (iii) Approving Form and Manner of Service of Motion (iv) Extending the Bar Date to Parties to Settlement and (v) Granting Related Relief. (Related Doc [198]). Service Instructions: Alberto Gomez is directed to serve a copy of this order on interested parties and file a proof of service within 3 days of entry of the order. (Kerkes, Deborah)
11/14/2024280
Hearing Proceeding Memo: Hearing Held -
APPEARANCES:
APPEARANCES via zoom: Amy Mayer, Bradley Saxton, Craig Eller, Kathleen DiSanto, Steve Berman, Wolfgang Florin, Nicole Peair, Jeff Lucas APPEARANCES in person: Al Gomez, Nicole Noel, Rhys Leonard
RULING:
1. (SubV) Confirmation of Amended Chapter 11 Small Business Subchapter V Plan Doc. # 206 [as to 1129(a) 1, 2, 3, 8, 11 and 14] - Amended Chapter 11 Small Business Subchapter V Plan Filed by Alberto F Gomez Jr. on behalf of Debtor Lucas, Macyszyn & Dyer Law Firm. PLLC. (Gomez, Alberto) Doc #256...Confirmed - (1191(a) - consensual); Post Confirmation Status Conference 1/9/2024 at 3:30 p.m. - Order by Gomez... 2. Continued Hearing on Motion for Relief from Stay. (Fee Paid.) Filed by Nicole Mariani Noel on behalf of Creditor Terri Lisk-Penhale, Jane Doe, and Elizabeth Wilkosky Doc #40
...Denied as moot - Order by Noel...
3. Continued Hearing on Motion for an Order Confirming No Automatic Stay is in Effect To Non-Debtor Putative Class Action Defendants Filed by Nicole Mariani Noel on behalf of Creditor Elizabeth Wilkowsky and Jane Doe Doc #41
...Denied as moot - Order by Noel...
... - Response to in Opposition to Motion for Relief from Stay and Motion that Stay Does Not Apply Filed by C Craig Eller on behalf of Creditor Momentum Funding, LLC (related document(s)40, 41). (Eller, C) Doc #62... - Response to (1) Motion for Relief from Stay (Doc. No. 40) and (2) Motion to Determine that Automatic Stay Does Not Apply to Non-Debtor Putative Class Action Defendants (Doc. No. 41) and Request for Entry of an Order Extending the Stay to the Non-Debtor Defendants Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Section 105 Filed by Alberto F Gomez Jr. on behalf of Debtor Lucas, Macyszyn & Dyer Law Firm. PLLC (related document(s)40, 41). (Gomez, Alberto) Doc #65 4. Objection to Confirmation of Plan Filed by Nicole Mariani Noel on behalf of Creditor Terri Lisk-Penhale, Jane Doe, and Elizabeth Wilkosky (related document(s)103). (Noel, Nicole) Doc #163
...Overruled (to be included in the Order Confirming Plan)...
5. Further Hearing on Motion to Approve Compromise of Controversy or Settlement Agreement. Related Case and Parties: With Former Clients of the Debtor. Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 (i) Scheduling Hearing (ii) Setting Deadlines for Objections to Settlement (iii) Approving Form and Manner of Service of Motion (iv) Extending the Bar Date to Parties to Settlement and (v) Granting Related Relief. Filed by Alberto F Gomez Jr. on behalf of Debtor Lucas, Macyszyn & Dyer Law Firm. PLLC (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Settlement Agreement # 2 Mailing Matrix) Doc #198
...Granted - Order by Gomez...
6. Second Application for Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses for Buckley Seacord & Justice, PA, Special Counsel, Fee: $9,001.00, Expenses: $49,509.78, for the period of 2/1/2024 to 7/31/2024. For the period: February 1, 2024 through July 31, 2024 Contains negative notice. Filed by Spec. Counsel Buckley Seacord & Justice, PA Doc #253
...Approved - Order by Gomez...
[
Judge discussed and ruled
]: Motion For (I) Authority and Approval for the Filing of a Class Proof of Claim, (II) Authority for Proposed Class Counsel to Advocate the Interests of Proposed Class Members as Creditors Of the Bankruptcy Estate, and (III) Related Relief Filed by Nicole Mariani Noel on behalf of Creditor Elizabeth Wilkowsky and Jane Doe Doc #104
...Granted - Order by Noel...
.........[**
NOTE TO CASE MANAGER
** : The order submitted in the Adversary Proceeding 8:24-ap-00194-CPM
shall be entered 1st
, the Order submitted on Doc #198
shall be entered 2nd
and the Order Confirming Plan
shall be entered 3rd
]............. Proposed Orders, if applicable, should be submitted within three days after the date of the hearing - Local Rule 9072-1(c).
This docket entry/document is not an official order of the Court
. (Bill) (Entered: 11/15/2024)
11/14/2024279Notice of Proposed Agenda for Hearings Scheduled November 14, 2024 at 3:00 P.M. Filed by Alberto F Gomez Jr. on behalf of Debtor Lucas, Macyszyn & Dyer Law Firm. PLLC. (Gomez, Alberto) (Entered: 11/14/2024)
11/14/2024278Notice of Filing the Fully Executed Second Addendum to the Settlement Agreement Filed by Alberto F Gomez Jr. on behalf of Debtor Lucas, Macyszyn & Dyer Law Firm. PLLC (related document(s)198). (Gomez, Alberto) (Entered: 11/14/2024)
11/13/2024277Small Business Monthly Operating Report for Filing Period October 1, 2024 through October 31, 2024 Filed by Alberto F Gomez Jr. on behalf of Debtor Lucas, Macyszyn & Dyer Law Firm. PLLC. (Gomez, Alberto)
11/13/2024276Notice of Filing Debtor's Updated Proforma for the Debtor's Second Amended Chapter 11, Subchapter V Plan of Reorganization Dated September 23, 2024 Filed by Alberto F Gomez Jr. on behalf of Debtor Lucas, Macyszyn & Dyer Law Firm. PLLC (related document(s)[256]). (Gomez, Alberto)