{"id":"court_ctb_1039_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1039,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION | -------------------------------------------","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| ----------------------------------------------------------- | x |                         |\n|-------------------------------------------------------------|---|-------------------------|\n|                                                             | : |                         |\n| In re:                                                      | : | Chapter 11              |\n|                                                             | : |                         |\n| HO WAN KWOK, et al.,                                        | : | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n|                                                             | : |                         |\n| Debtors.1                                                   | : | Jointly Administered    |\n|                                                             | : |                         |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------- | x |                         |\n\n## **PROPOSED ORDER ON WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY'S MOTION TO QUASH THIRD-PARTY SUBPOENA AND CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S CROSS-MOTION TO COMPEL**\n\nUpon consideration of the *Motion to Quash Third-Party Subpoena to Williams & Connolly* [ECF No. 1002] filed by Williams and Connolly LLP (\"W&C\") and the *Chapter 11 Trustee's Objection to Motion to Quash Third-Party Subpoena to Williams & Connolly and Cross-Motion to Compel* [ECF No. 1023] filed by Luc A. Despins, in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee in the above-captioned chapter 11 case of the Individual Debtor (the \"Trustee\"), and arguments made by the parties before this Court on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, and in a supplemental remote hearing held on Thursday, October 27, 2022, this Court hereby **ORDERS**:\n\n1. Within the timeframes specified herein in the following paragraphs 2 through 4, W&C shall produce all documents responsive to the Bankruptcy Rule 2004 Subpoena and appended Request for Production of Documents (collectively, the \"Subpoena\") in a form that is numbered by bates stamps (any such documents, \"Review Documents\") to the Individual Debtor by electronic transmission to the\n\n1\n\nThe Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, as well as numerous other aliases) (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595) (the \"Individual Debtor\") and Genever Holdings Corporation (the \"Genever BVI Debtor\"). The mailing address for the Trustee and the Genever BVI Debtor is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok (solely for purposes of notices and communications).\n\nIndividual Debtor's bankruptcy counsel, Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C. (\"Zeisler\"). In order to expedite the matter, W&C may include non-responsive documents (any such documents, \"Non-Responsive Documents\") in its production to Zeisler so that W&C's responsiveness review and the Individual Debtor's privilege review can proceed simultaneously.\n\n2. With respect to that set of documents that W&C has described as the Individual Debtor's \"client file\" and which W&C has asserted that it produced to Aaron Mitchell in January 2021 (the \"Client File\"), W&C shall produce the Client File to Zeisler within five (5) business days of the entry of this Order as Review Documents.\n\n3. With respect to W&C's invoices to the Individual Debtor, which consist of W&C's time entries and statements of work during the course of W&C's representation of the Individual Debtor (collectively, the \"Individual Debtor Invoices\"), W&C shall produce all Individual Debtor Invoices to Zeisler within five (5) business days of the entry of this Order as Review Documents. Such production shall not excuse W&C's obligation to produce invoices issued to parties other than the Individual Debtor to the extent that such invoices exist and are responsive to the Subpoena and which shall be subject to the timeframe set forth in the following paragraph 4.\n\n4. With respect to all other documents that are responsive to the Subpoena, W&C shall produce all such documents to Zeisler as Review Documents within fourteen (14) business days of the entry of this Order.\n\n5. Upon delivery of any Review Documents to Zeisler, the Individual Debtor shall have ten (10) calendar days (the \"Review Period\") to: (a) prepare a log (the \"Individual Debtor's Log\") in a form compliant with the *Consent Order Regarding Control of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protection Related to Rule 2004 Subpoenaed Documents and Information* [ECF No. 856] (the \"Privileges Consent Order\") asserting that any Review Documents should be withheld from production to the Trustee pursuant to paragraph 7 of the Privileges Consent Order and identifying any such\n\ndocuments by bates number (any such documents, \"Logged Documents\"); and (b) deliver the Individual Debtor's Log to W&C and the Trustee.\n\n6. Upon the conclusion of the Review Period for any Review Documents, W&C shall: (x) withhold from production all Review Documents that are Logged Documents on a timely delivered Individual Debtor's Log and retain them pending further order of the Court pursuant to the Privileges Consent Order; (y) withhold from production all Review Documents that are Non-Responsive Documents, and provide the Trustee an index of the bates numbers withheld on this basis; and (z) immediately produce all other Review Documents to the Trustee.\n\n7. Nothing herein shall prejudice any parties' respective rights under the Privileges Consent Order, all of which rights are preserved.\n\n8. Nothing herein shall prejudice in any way the Individual Debtor and W&C's respective rights under Federal Rules of Civil Procedures 26(b)(5)(B) to seek to claw back any document produced to the Trustee and to assert privilege over any such document to the extent permitted to do so in accordance with paragraph 7 of the Privileges Consent Order, and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B) shall otherwise apply in all respects to such assertion.\n\n9. The terms of this Order shall be immediately enforceable upon entry.\n\n10. This Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to all matters arising from or related to the implementation, interpretation, and enforcement of this Order.\n\nUnited States Bankruptcy Judge Julie A. Manning\n\nDated:","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格区破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\n----------------------------------------------------------- x\n\nIn re:（案由：） : 第 11 章\n\nHO WAN KWOK, et al.,（郭文贵等） : 案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n\nDebtors.1（债务人。） : 联合审理\n\n----------------------------------------------------------- x\n关于 WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY 撤销第三方传票动议及第 11 章受托人强制作证交叉动议的拟定裁定\n\n经审议 Williams and Connolly LLP（Williams & Connolly 律师事务所，简称“W&C”）提交的《关于撤销向 Williams & Connolly 发出的第三方传票的动议》[ECF No. 1002]，以及 Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯）以个人债务人在上述第 11 章案件中的第 11 章受托人身份（“受托人”）提交的《关于对撤销向 Williams & Connolly 发出第三方传票动议的异议及强制作证交叉动议》[ECF No. 1023]，并经审议各方于 2022 年 10 月 25 日星期二在本院前以及在 2022 年 10 月 27 日星期四举行的补充远程听证会上提出的辩论意见，本院特此裁定：\n\n1. 在本裁定下文第 2 至 4 段规定的时间范围内，W&C 应通过电子传输方式向个人债务人的破产律师 Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C.（Zeisler & Zeisler 律师事务所，简称“Zeisler”）提供响应《破产程序规则》第 2004 条传票及所附《出示文件请求》（统称“传票”）的所有文件，且文件形式须按贝茨编码（bates stamps）编号（任何此类文件统称“审查文件”）。\n这些第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，亦称为 Miles Guo、Miles Kwok 以及其他诸多化名）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）（“个人债务人”）和 Genever Holdings Corporation（“Genever 英属维尔京群岛债务人”）。受托人和 Genever 英属维尔京群岛债务人的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok（仅用于接收通知和沟通目的）。\n\n为加快办理进度，W&C 在向 Zeisler 提供文件时可包含不响应传票的文件（任何此类文件统称“非响应文件”），以便 W&C 的响应性审查与个人债务人的特权审查能够同时进行。\n\n2. 对于 W&C 所描述的个人债务人的“客户案卷”，且 W&C 声称其已于 2021 年 1 月向 Aaron Mitchell（亚伦·米切尔）提供过的该组文件（“客户案卷”），W&C 应在本裁定录入后五（5）个工作日内将该客户案卷作为审查文件提供给 Zeisler。\n\n3. 对于 W&C 向个人债务人开具的发票，包括 W&C 在代理个人债务人期间的时间记录和工作说明书（统称“个人债务人发票”），W&C 应在本裁定录入后五（5）个工作日内将所有个人债务人发票作为审查文件提供给 Zeisler。该等提供不免除 W&C 向个人债务人以外的各方开具的发票的提供义务，只要该等发票存在且响应传票，且该等提供应受下文第 4 段规定的时间范围约束。\n\n4. 对于响应传票的所有其他文件，W&C 应在本裁定录入后十四（14）个工作日内将所有此类文件作为审查文件提供给 Zeisler。\n\n5. 在将任何审查文件送达 Zeisler 后，个人债务人应有十（10）个日历天（“审查期”）以：(a) 按照符合《关于对与第 2004 条传票所涉文件和信息相关的律师-委托人保密特权及工作成果保护进行控制的同意裁定》[ECF No. 856]（“特权同意裁定”）的形式准备一份清单（“个人债务人清单”），依据特权同意裁定第 7 段主张任何审查文件均应拒绝向受托人提供，并通过贝茨编号识别任何此类\n\n文件（任何此类文件统称“已列清单文件”）；以及 (b) 将个人债务人清单送达 W&C 和受托人。\n\n6. 在针对任何审查文件的审查期结束时，W&C 应：(x) 拒绝提供及时送达的个人债务人清单上作为已列清单文件的所有审查文件，并依据特权同意裁定予以保留，直至法院进一步下达裁定；(y) 拒绝提供属于非响应文件的所有审查文件，并向受托人提供以此理由拒绝提供的贝茨编号索引；以及 (z) 立即向受托人提供所有其他审查文件。\n\n7. 本裁定中的任何内容均不得损害任何各方在特权同意裁定下的各自权利，所有该等权利均予以保留。\n\n8. 本裁定中的任何内容均不得以任何方式损害个人债务人和 W&C 各自根据《联邦民事诉讼规则》第 26(b)(5)(B) 条寻求追回向受托人提供的任何文件并在特权同意裁定第 7 段允许的范围内对任何此类文件主张特权的权利，并且《联邦民事诉讼规则》第 26(b)(5)(B) 条在各方面均应适用于该等主张。\n\n9. 本裁定的条款自录入时起立即具有执行力。\n\n10. 本院对因本裁定的执行、解释和强制执行而产生或与之相关的所有事项保留管辖权。\n\nUnited States Bankruptcy Judge Julie A. Manning（美国破产法官朱莉·A·曼宁）\n\nDated:（日期：）","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Guo","Despins","Je","Miles Guo","Paul Hastings"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":856,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":1002,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":1023,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":910,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:40:30"}