{"id":6299,"date":"2021-11-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6299"},"modified":"2021-11-04T13:57:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T18:57:37","slug":"trustee-wants-lawyer-jailed-for-not-cooperating-in-firm-bankruptcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6299","title":{"rendered":"Trustee Wants Lawyer Jailed for Not Cooperating in Firm Bankruptcy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The chapter 7 trustee overseeing the dissolution of New York real estate law firm Kossoff PLLC asked a bankruptcy judge Tuesday to hold its founder in civil contempt and order him incarcerated if he continues defying court orders to cooperate. The trustee,\u00a0<strong>Al Togut<\/strong>, also asked the judge in a separate motion Tuesday to compel the Manhattan district attorney&#8217;s office to turn over certain grand jury materials relating to its investigation of firm founder Mitchell Kossoff. The filings underline Togut&#8217;s mounting frustrations managing the estate of the Kossoff firm, which was forced into bankruptcy in May after creditors claimed it misappropriated more than $8 million from its escrow accounts. Kossoff&#8217;s refusal to comply with multiple court orders to produce records has &#8220;dramatically increased the administrative expense of this estate, which prejudices the interests of the victims of Kossoff\u2019s fraudulent activity,&#8221; Togut wrote to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge\u00a0<strong>David Jones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bankruptcy-d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bankruptcy-d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2917\" width=\"273\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bankruptcy-d.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bankruptcy-d-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Considering bankruptcy? Call us at 816-524-4949 or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\">website<\/a> to schedule a consultation to determine if this is your best option.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chapter 7 trustee overseeing the dissolution of New York real estate law firm Kossoff PLLC asked a bankruptcy judge Tuesday to hold its founder in civil contempt and order him incarcerated if he continues defying court orders to cooperate. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6299\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1117,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bankruptcy","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6299"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6301,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6299\/revisions\/6301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}