Case number: 5:14-bk-00532 - J3 Energy Group, Inc. - Pennsylvania Middle Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
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CREDS, IneligDisch, 2002



U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Middle District of Pennsylvania (Wilkes-Barre)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 5:14-bk-00532-JJT

Assigned to: Judge John J. Thomas
Chapter 7
Previous chapter 11
Original chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  02/07/2014
Date converted:  06/27/2016
341 meeting:  08/30/2016
Deadline for filing claims:  10/20/2016

Debtor

J3 Energy Group, Inc.

Attn: Christopher Gutteridge, Pres.
36 Newport Drive
Wayne, PA 19087
SCHUYLKILL-PA
Tax ID / EIN: 26-2926023

represented by
Jeffrey Feldman

1300 Virginia Drive Suite 325
Fort Washington, PA 19034
257-470-1231
TERMINATED: 04/13/2016

Kevin Karl Kercher

881 Third Street, Suite #C-2
Whitehall, PA 18052
610 264-4120
Fax : 610 264-2990
Email: kevinkk@kercherlaw.com

Greg Thomas Kupniewski

Starfield & Smith, PC
1300 Virginia Drive
Suite 325
Fort Washington, PA 19034
215-542-7070
Fax : 215-542-0723
Email: gkupniewski@starfieldsmith.com

Lyndsay E Rowland

Starfield & Smith, PC
1300 Virginia Drive
Suite 325
Fort Washington, PA 19034
215-542-7070
Fax : 215-542-0723
Email: lrowland@starfieldsmith.com

Thomas J. Russial

198 Stonewood Drive
Bethel Park, PA 15102
TERMINATED: 05/14/2015

Starfield and Smith PC

1300 Virginia Drive Suite 325
Fort Washington, PA 19034
215-542-7070
Fax : 215-542-0723

Joseph G Zerbe

Derenzo and Zerbe
111 East Market St
P O Box 207
Pottsville, PA 17901

Trustee

William G Schwab (Trustee)

William G Schwab and Associates
811 Blakeslee Blvd Drive East
PO Box 56
Lehighton, PA 18235
610 377-5200

represented by
Eric James Filer

811-1 Blakeslee Blvd Drive East
PO Box 56
Lehighton, PA 18235
610-377-5200
Fax : 610-377-5209
Email: efiler@uslawcenter.com

Jeffrey D Kurtzman

Kurtzman Steady, LLC
401 South 2nd Street
Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19147
215 839 1222
Email: Kurtzman@kurtzmansteady.com

William G Schwab

William G Schwab and Associates
811 Blakeslee Blvd Drive East
PO Box 56
Lehighton, PA 18235
610 377-5200
Fax : 610 377-5209
Email: ECF@uslawcenter.com

William G. Schwab & Associates

811 Blakeslee Blvd, Drive East
PO Box 56
Lehighton, PA 18235

Former Trustee

William G Schwab (Trustee)

William G Schwab and Associates
811 Blakeslee Blvd Drive East
PO Box 56
Lehighton, PA 18235
610 377-5200
TERMINATED: 03/26/2015

represented by
William G Schwab

(See above for address)
TERMINATED: 03/26/2015

William G. Schwab & Associates

(See above for address)
TERMINATED: 03/26/2015

Asst. U.S. Trustee

United States Trustee

228 Walnut Street, Suite 1190
Harrisburg, PA 17101
717 221-4515
represented by
Gregory Benjamin Schiller

US Department of Justice
Office of the US Trustee
228 Walnut Street, Room 1190
Harrisburg, PA 17101
717 221-4515
Fax : 717-221-4554
Email: Gregory.B.Schiller@usdoj.gov

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
06/23/2017535Entry of Appearance of Lyndsay E. Rowland Filed by Lyndsay E Rowland of Starfield & Smith, PC on behalf of J3 Energy Group, Inc.. (Rowland, Lyndsay) (Entered: 06/23/2017)
06/08/2017534Order setting Hearing on remaining issues in claims litigation re: objection to claims of Stephen Russial . IT IS SO ORDERED on 6/8/2017. /s/John J. Thomas (There is no image or paper document associated with this entry.) (RE: related document(s) 515, 533). Hearing scheduled for 7/18/2017 at 09:30 AM at 197 South Main Street, Courtroom 2, Max Rosenn US Courthouse, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. (Sisk, Cathy) (Entered: 06/08/2017)
06/05/2017533Joint Status Report of Stephen Russial and Applied Energy Partners, Inc. Filed by Dirk Stephan Berger of Cerullo, Datte & Burke, P.C. on behalf of Stephen Russial (RE: related document(s) 532 ). (Attachments: # 1 Appendix PA Superior Court Majority Opinion 3397 EDA 2017 # 2 Appendix PA Superior Court Concurring and Dissenting Opinion - 3397 EDA 2017) (Berger, Dirk) (Entered: 06/05/2017)
05/04/2017532Proceeding Memo re: hearing; held. Record Made. For reasons set forth on the record, Parties are directed to file joint status report on this matter every 30 days. IT IS SO ORDERED. /s/John J. Thomas Appearances: Dirk Berger, Esq., George Lutz, Esq. via CourtCall. Non-Appearances: n/a. (There is no image or paper document associated with this entry.) (RE: related document(s) 515). (Radginski, Pamela) (Entered: 05/08/2017)
05/03/2017531Notice is given that counsel intends to appear telephonically at the hearing. (There is no image or paper document associated with this entry.) Filed by George Meany Lutz of Hartman, Valeriano, Magovern & Lutz, PC on behalf of Applied Energy Partners, LLC, Christopher R. Gutteridge (RE: related document(s) 526 ). (Lutz, George) (Entered: 05/03/2017)
05/03/2017530Notice is given that counsel intends to appear telephonically at the hearing. (There is no image or paper document associated with this entry.) Filed by Dirk Stephan Berger of Cerullo, Datte & Burke, P.C. on behalf of Stephen Russial (RE: related document(s) 526 ). (Berger, Dirk) (Entered: 05/03/2017)
04/07/2017529Final Order By District Court Judge Mariani, Re: Motion for Leave to Appeal. Civil Case Number 1700117, motion for leave to appeal is denied; clerk directed to close this case. Filed by Clerks Office USDC (RE: related document(s) 507). (US District Court4) (Entered: 04/07/2017)
03/22/2017528By reason of related appeals, the Court bifurcated the March 21, 2017 hearing and took evidence solely on the issue of the Claimants alleged loan to the Debtor corporation. For reasons made on the record, the Court concluded that the alleged loan of $49,250.00 should be recharacterized as a capital contribution under the authority of In re Submicron Systems, Inc.,432 F.3d 448 (3rd Cir. 2006). Final judgment on this claims litigation will be deferred to a later date. (RE: related document(s) 515). (Radginski, Pamela) (Entered: 03/23/2017)
03/21/2017527Order Approving Interim Application for allowance of compensation and expenses of Kurtzman and Steady. (RE: related document(s) 512). (Radginski, Pamela) (Entered: 03/21/2017)
03/21/2017526Proceeding Memo re: hearing; held. Record Made. Testimony taken, exhibits submitted/admitted as set forth on the record. Order to be entered. Appearances: Dirk Berger, Esq., George Lutz, Esq. - present, William Schwab, Esq. via CourtCall. Non-Appearances: n/a. (There is no image or paper document associated with this entry.) (RE: related document(s) 515). Status hearing to be held on 5/4/2017 at 09:30 AM at 197 South Main Street, Courtroom 2, Max Rosenn US Courthouse, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. (Radginski, Pamela) (Entered: 03/21/2017)