{"id":"court_ctb_3546_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":3546,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"MOTION","filed_date":"2024-09-18","title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT In re:","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT\n\nIn re:\n\nHO WAN KWOK, et al.,\n\nChapter 11\n\nCase No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\nDebtors.\n\n(Jointly Administered)\n\n## MOTION TO PERMIT COUNSEL FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY TO APPEAR REMOTELY AT THE SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 STATUS CONFERENCE\n\nAmerican Express Company (\"American Express\") moves to allow its counsel, Darryl S. Laddin and Frank N. White, to appear remotely via the Court's Zoom platform at the status conference set for September 24, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. E.T. on certain adversary defendants' request for a status conference to discuss, among other things, the mediation stay and motions to dismiss filed by other adversary defendants exempted from mediation [ECF No. 3511].\n\n1. American Express is the defendant in a separate adversary proceeding brought by chapter 11 trustee Luc A. Despins (the \"Trustee\"). See Adv. Proc. No. 24-05077. American Express is not among the adversary defendants who requested the status conference, but it is similarly situated with those parties and wishes to monitor and potentially participate in the scheduled discussion with the Court.\n\n2. On September 16, 2024, the Court granted the request and scheduled a status conference to be held on September 24, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. in the United States Bankruptcy Court, 915 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT (\"Status Conference\"). ECF Docket No. 3532.\n\n3. The Status Conference could potentially address, among other things, scheduling and/or coordination among various adversary defendants with respect to briefing threshold legal issues and other common adjudicatory matters. To the extent the Court and parties participating in\n\nthe Status Conference identify procedural efficiencies, those may present benefits for other adversary proceedings beyond the ones the Trustee filed against that requested the conference. Consequently, it may be beneficial for American Express to understand and potentially join in any procedural course of action resulting from the Status Conference.\n\n4. appear at the September 24, 2024 Status Conference, but given the time and expense needed to travel to Bridgeport, CT, they respectfully request that the Court permit them to participate via the Court's Zoom platform.\n\nWHEREFORE, American Express respectfully requests that the Court allow Mr. Laddin\n\nand Mr. White to participate remotely via the Court's Zoom platform for the September 24, 2024\n\nStatus Conference.\n\nDated: September 18, 2024\n\nDEFENDANT, AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY\n\nBy /s/ Ronald I. Chorches Ronald I. Chorches, Esquire Fed Bar #ct08720 Law Offices of Ronald I. Chorches, LLC 82 Wolcott Hill Road, Ste. 203 Wethersfield, CT 06109 Ph: (860) 563-3955/Fax: (8600 513-1577 Email: ronchorcheslaw(@sbcglobal.net\n\nARNALL GOLDEN GREGORY LLP Darryl S. Laddin Frank N. White 171 17th Street, N.W., Suite 2100 Atlanta, GA 30363-1031 Telephone: (404) 873-8500 Fax: (404) 873-8121 darryl.laddin@agg.com frank.white@agg.com\n\nAttorneys for Defendant American Express Company\n\n## CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE\n\nI certify that on September 18, 2024, I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing document to be filed with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF filing system, which will send notification of such filing to all attorneys of record.\n\n> /s/ Ronald I. Chorches Ronald I. Chorches","body_zh":"United States Bankruptcy Court District of Connecticut（美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院）\n\n关于：\n\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵）等人，\n\n第 11 章\n\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n\n债务人。\n\n（合并审理）\n\n准许 American Express Company（美国运通公司）代理律师远程出席 2024 年 9 月 24 日状况听证会的动议\n\n美国运通公司（下称“美国运通”）提请准许其代理律师 Darryl S. Laddin（达里尔·S·拉丁）和 Frank N. White（弗兰克·N·怀特），就若干对抗诉讼被告提请召开状况听证会以讨论调解中止及获免于调解的其他对抗诉讼被告所提撤销动议等事项[ECF No. 3511]，通过法院的 Zoom 平台远程出席定于东部时间 2024 年 9 月 24 日下午 1:00 举行的状况听证会。\n\n1. 美国运通是由第 11 章受托人 Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯）（下称“受托人”）提起的另一宗独立对抗诉讼中的被告。参见 Adv. Proc. No. 24-05077。美国运通虽非提请召开该状况听证会的对抗诉讼被告之一，但其法律地位与该等当事人类似，并希望旁听且有可能参与同法院的既定讨论。\n\n2. 2024 年 9 月 16 日，法院批准了该请求，并排定于 2024 年 9 月 24 日下午 1:00 在位于 Bridgeport, CT（康涅狄格州布里奇波特）Lafayette 大道 915 号的美国破产法院举行状况听证会（下称“状况听证会”）。ECF Docket No. 3532。\n\n3. 状况听证会有可能处理（除其他事项外）各对抗诉讼被告之间就门槛法律问题的书面陈述准备及其他共同裁判事项的日程安排和/或协调。在法院和出席状况听证会的当事人确定可提高程序效率的范围内，该等效率亦可能使受托人针对提请听证会以外之主体所提起的其他对抗诉讼获益。因此，了解并可能加入状况听证会所产生的任何程序性行动方案，对美国运通而言可能是有利的。\n\n4. 代理律师拟出席 2024 年 9 月 24 日的状况听证会，但鉴于前往康涅狄格州布里奇波特所需的时间和费用，谨此请求法院准许其通过法院的 Zoom 平台参会。\n\n为此，美国运通谨请求法院准许拉丁律师和怀特律师通过法院的 Zoom 平台远程参加 2024 年 9 月 24 日的状况听证会。\n\n日期：2024 年 9 月 18 日\n\n被告：美国运通公司\n\n签署人：/s/ Ronald I. Chorches\nRonald I. Chorches（罗纳德·I·乔切斯），律师\n联邦律师执业证号：#ct08720\nLaw Offices of Ronald I. Chorches, LLC（罗纳德·I·乔切斯律师事务所）\n82 Wolcott Hill Road, Ste. 203\nWethersfield, CT 06109（康涅狄格州韦瑟斯菲尔德）\n电话：(860) 563-3955 / 传真：(860) 513-1577\n电子邮箱：ronchorcheslaw@sbcglobal.net\n\nARNALL GOLDEN GREGORY LLP（阿诺尔德·戈登·格雷戈里律师事务所）\nDarryl S. Laddin\nFrank N. White\n171 17th Street, N.W., Suite 2100\nAtlanta, GA 30363-1031（佐治亚州亚特兰大）\n电话：(404) 873-8500\n传真：(404) 873-8121\ndarryl.laddin@agg.com\nfrank.white@agg.com\n\n被告美国运通公司代理律师\n\n送达证明\n\n本人证明，于 2024 年 9 月 18 日，本人通过 CM/ECF 电子归档系统向法院书记官递交了上述文件的真实准确副本，该系统将向所有记录在案的律师发送该归档通知。\n\n/s/ Ronald I. Chorches\nRonald I. Chorches","key_entities":["CIPA","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":3511,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":500,"status":"published","published_at":"2024-09-18 00:00:00","created_at":"2024-09-18","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:18:40"}