{"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":null,"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":"2026-07-07 08:16:29"}