{"id":"court_ctb_3626_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":3626,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION In re:","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION\n\nIn re:\n\nChapter 11\n\nHO WAN KWOK, et al.,\n\nDebtors.\n\n(Jointly Administered)\n\nCase No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n## NOTICE OF JOINDER OF AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY AS AVOIDANCE DEFENDANT PARTICIPATING AS JOINT DEFENDANT PER COURT ORDER [DOC. 3577]\n\nPLEASE TAKE NOTICE that American Express Company (\"American Express\"), named Defendant in the related adversary proceeding entitled Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. American Express Company, Adv. Proceeding No. 24-05077, hereby notifies the Court through undersigned counsel that it wishes to participate as a \"Joint Defendant\" in the process set forth in the Court's September 25, 2024 Order [Doc. 3577].1 In so doing, American Express does not waive any rights it may otherwise have in the above-referenced adversary proceeding.\n\n## LAW OFFICES OF RONALD I. CHORCHES, LLC\n\n/s/ Ronald I. Chorches Ronald I. Chorches Fed. Bar No, ct08720 Law Offices of Ronald I. Chorches, LLC 82 Wolcott Hill Road, Suite 203 Wethersfield, CT 06109 Phone: (860) 563-3955/Fax: (860) 513-1577 Email: ronchorcheslaw(@sbcglobal.net\n\nThe Trustee's Adversary Proceeding No. 24-05077 against American Express involves Partially Stayed Avoidance Claims, as defined in the Court's Order Directing Parties to Mediation [Doc. 3163]. Accordingly, American Express will participate in the briefing as a Joint Defendant only as to the transfers by HCHK Technologies, Inc. and HCHK Property Management Inc. that are at issue in that adversary. The briefing will not apply to any transfers by GFNY, Inc. that at issue in that adversary, as those transfers are Stayed Issues under the same Order.\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 darry1.laddin@agg.com frank.white@agg.com\n\nAttorneys for American Express Company\n\n## CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE\n\nI hereby certify that the foregoing Notice of Joinder was filed electronically on October 2, 2024, and therefore will be sent via email to those parties receiving email notifications from the Court's electronic filing system.\n\n> /s/ Ronald I. Chorches Ronald I. Chorches","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案件关联：\n\n第 11 章\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，\n\n债务人。\n\n（合并审理）\n\n案号 22-50073 (JAM)\nAMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY（美国运通公司）作为撤销之诉被告根据法院裁定 [DOC. 3577] 作为共同被告参与程序的参加通知\n\n请注意，American Express Company（美国运通公司，“美国运通”），即题为 Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. American Express Company（第 11 章受托人 Luc A. Despins 诉美国运通公司）、对抗性程序案号 24-05077 的相关对抗性程序中的具名被告，特此通过下述签字律师通知法院，其希望作为“共同被告”参与法院 2024 年 9 月 25 日裁定 [Doc. 3577] 所规定的程序。1 在此过程中，美国运通并未放弃其在上述对抗性程序中可能享有的任何权利。\n\nLAW OFFICES OF RONALD I. CHORCHES, LLC（罗纳德·I·乔切斯律师事务所）\n\n/s/ Ronald I. Chorches\nRonald I. Chorches\n联邦律师证号 ct08720\nLaw Offices of Ronald I. Chorches, LLC\n82 Wolcott Hill Road, Suite 203\nWethersfield, CT 06109\n电话：(860) 563-3955 / 传真：(860) 513-1577\n电子邮件：ronchorcheslaw@sbcglobal.net\n\n受托人针对美国运通提起的对抗性程序案号 24-05077 涉及部分中止的撤销请求权，其定义见法院《指示各方进行调解的裁定》[Doc. 3163]。因此，美国运通仅针对该对抗性程序中涉及的 HCHK Technologies, Inc. 和 HCHK Property Management Inc. 的转让作为共同被告参与书面陈词。该书面陈词不适用于该对抗性程序中涉及的 GFNY, Inc. 的任何转让，因为根据同一裁定，这些转让属于中止处理的事项。\n\nARNALL GOLDEN GREGORY LLP\nDarryl S. Laddin\nFrank N. White\n171 17th Street, N.W., Suite 2100\nAtlanta, GA 30363-1031\n电话：(404) 873-8500\n传真：(404) 873-8121\ndarryl.laddin@agg.com\nfrank.white@agg.com\n\nAmerican Express Company（美国运通公司）代理律师\n\n送达证明\n\n我特此证明，上述《参加通知》已于 2024 年 10 月 2 日以电子方式提交，因此将通过电子邮件发送给从法院电子归档系统接收电子邮件通知的各方当事人。\n\n/s/ Ronald I. Chorches\nRonald I. Chorches","key_entities":["CIPA","HCHK","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":3163,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":3577,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":333,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:07:12"}