In an appeal from the district court’s affirmance of the bankruptcy court’s order disqualifying counsel for a creditor, the order is reversed where: 1) the bankruptcy court should have considered counsel’s evidence of his lack of involvement with the debtor while at his prior law firm in making its decision; and 2) counsel presented sufficient evidence to demonstrate that he did not operate under a conflict of interest when he undertook the representation of creditor.
Read In the Matter of: Proeducation Int’l. Inc., No. 08-20398
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