MEMORANDUM OPINION PATRICK M. FLATLEY, Bankruptcy Judge. The Huntington National Bank ("HNB"), West Union Bank, and Freedom Bank (collectively "Plaintiffs") seek summary judgment on their complaint to except $300,000 from John P. Aman and Veronica J. Aman's ("Debtors") discharge under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(2), (4), and (6). The Plaintiffs contend that grounds exist to render this debt nondischargeable because Mr. Aman engaged in fraud, defalcation, and embezzlement over a seven-year period. The...
MEMORANDUM OPINION PATRICK M. FLATLEY, Bankruptcy Judge. Pending before the court is Martin P. Sheehan's ("Trustee") objection to John and Helen Scotchel's ("Debtors") claim of exemptions. The Trustee seeks a declaration that Mr. Scotchel's $690,000 contingent fee award is property of his bankruptcy estate. The Debtors argue that none of the fee is property of their bankruptcy estate because Mr. Scotchel, an attorney, had no right to payment under the contingent fee contract when he filed...
