{"id":"court_ctb_1228_3","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1228,"sub_number":3,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT HO WAN KWOK, *et al.*,","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT**\n\nHO WAN KWOK, *et al.*,\n\n)\n\n)\n\n)\n\n1\n\nIn re: ) Chapter 11 ) Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) ) (Jointly Administered)\n\nDebtors. ) Re: ECF No. 1063\n\n## **ORDER GRANTING IN PART MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER**\n\n On November 2, 2022, Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Individual Debtor\") filed a Motion for Protective Order, ECF No. 1063, (the \"Motion\"), seeking to prevent the production of Clark Hill PLC's motion for summary judgment (the \"Motion for Summary Judgment\") and the Individual Debtor's asylum application attached to the Motion for Summary Judgment (the \"Asylum Application\") in the case of *Guo Wengui v. Clark Hill PLC*, 1:19-cv-03195-JEB (D.D.C.) (hereinafter the \"Malpractice Action\"). On November 16, 2022, Luc A. Despins, in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee (the \"Trustee\" and, together with the Individual Debtor, the \"Parties\") for the estate of the Individual Debtor (the \"Estate\"), filed an objection to the Motion, ECF No. 1105, (the \"Objection\"). On November 29, 2022, the Individual Debtor filed a reply in support of the Motion, ECF No. 1174, (the \"Reply\").\n\n<sup>1</sup> The 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), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202), and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and the Genever Holdings Corporation 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\nA hearing on the Motion was held on November 30, 2022. The Court gave the Parties time to attempt to settle the issues raised in the Motion and continued the hearing to December 1, 2022. During the continued hearing, the Parties reported that they were not able to reach a settlement of the Motion.\n\nThe Court finds that, in accordance with the provisions of a consent order regarding attorney client and work-product privileges, ECF No. 856, (the \"Privileges Consent Order\"), the Motion for Summary Judgment and the Asylum Application are \"documents related to the [Malpractice Action] that relate to the merits of the legal malpractice action.\" (ECF No. 856 ¶ 4.) The Court further finds that the Trustee and his counsel need access to the Motion for Summary Judgment and the Asylum Application to prosecute the Malpractice Action, which is an asset of the Estate, and that production of these documents to the Trustee and his counsel will not result in personal harm to the Individual Debtor in accordance with the terms of the Privileges Consent Order. (ECF No. 856 ¶ 7.) Therefore, upon review of the relevant pleadings, the arguments of counsel advanced during the hearing, and for the reasons stated on the record, it is hereby\n\n**ORDERED**: The Motion is GRANTED in part. The Motion for Summary Judgment and the Asylum Application shall be produced only to the Trustee and his counsel. As it relates to these bankruptcy cases, only the Individual Debtor and his counsel and the Trustee and his counsel shall have access to the Motion for Summary Judgment and the Asylum Application at this time. The Motion for Summary Judgment and the Asylum Application are not to be discussed, shown, or produced in any way to other interested parties in these bankruptcy cases; and it is further\n\n2\n\n**ORDERED**: Jenner & Block LLP is authorized to produce the Motion for Summary\n\nJudgment and the Asylum Application only to the Trustee and his counsel pursuant to this Order and in accordance with the protective order in the Malpractice Action, as applicable.\n\nDated at Bridgeport, Connecticut this 9th day of December, 2022.","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT（美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院）\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，\n\n)\n\n)\n\n)\n案由： ) 第 11 章 ) 案号：22-50073 (JAM) ) （合并审理）\n\n债务人。 ) 涉及：ECF No. 1063\n部分准予保护令动议之裁定\n\n2022年11月2日，Ho Wan Kwok（“个人债务人”）提交了一份保护令动议，ECF No. 1063（“该动议”），请求阻止在 Guo Wengui v. Clark Hill PLC 案（案号：1:19-cv-03195-JEB，D.D.C.（哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院），以下简称“执业过错诉讼”）中出示 Clark Hill PLC 的简易判决动议（“简易判决动议”）以及附于该简易判决动议之后的个人债务人庇护申请书（“庇护申请”）。2022年11月16日，Luc A. Despins 以个人债务人破产财产（“破产财产”）第 11 章受托人（“受托人”，与个人债务人合称“双方当事人”）的身份，对该动议提交了异议，ECF No. 1105（“异议”）。2022年11月29日，个人债务人提交了支持该动议的答复意见，ECF No. 1174（“答复意见”）。\n\n1 这些第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（又名 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及其他众多化名）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）和 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 和 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为：Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产受托人 Luc A. Despins（仅用于送达通知和联络目的）。\n\n关于该动议的听证会于2022年11月30日举行。法院给予双方当事人时间以试图解决该动议中提出的问题，并将听证会延续至2022年12月1日。在延续的听证会期间，双方当事人报告称他们未能就该动议达成和解。\n\n法院认定，根据关于律师-委托人特权和工作成果特权的同意裁定，ECF No. 856（“特权同意裁定”）的规定，简易判决动议和庇护申请属于“与【执业过错诉讼】相关且涉及该法律执业过错诉讼实体案情的文件”。（ECF No. 856 第 4 段。）法院进一步认定，受托人及其律师需要获取简易判决动议和庇护申请以推进属于破产财产资产的执业过错诉讼，并且根据特权同意裁定的条款，向受托人及其律师出示这些文件不会对个人债务人造成人身伤害。（ECF No. 856 第 7 段。）因此，经审查相关诉讼文书、听证会期间律师提出的抗辩理由，并基于记录在案的理由，特此\n\n裁定：该动议获得部分准予。简易判决动议和庇护申请仅得向受托人及其律师出示。就涉及这些破产案件而言，目前仅个人债务人及其律师以及受托人及其律师有权查阅简易判决动议和庇护申请。简易判决动议和庇护申请不得以任何方式向这些破产案件中的其他利害关系方进行讨论、展示或出示；并进一步\n裁定：授权 Jenner & Block LLP 根据本裁定并在适用的情况下依据执业过错诉讼中的保护令，仅向受托人及其律师出示简易判决动议和庇护申请。\n\n2022年12月9日签署于康涅狄格州布里奇波特。","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Je","Guo","Despins","Miles Guo","Paul Hastings"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":856,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":1063,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":1105,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":1174,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":631,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:23:35"}