--- type: court_doc id: "court_sdny_2296_0" court: "SDNY" case_no: "" doc_number: 2296 doc_type: "DOC" filed_date: null lang: "en" machine_translated: false url: "https://mubeitech.com/en/court/court_sdny_2296_0" json_url: "https://mubeitech.com/api/court/court_sdny_2296_0" --- # Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — criminal case · ECF #2296 **Bankruptcy court counsel appearance withdrawal motion — United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Connecticut, Ho Wan Kwok bankruptcy case, Case No. 22-50073, ECF 2296 (October 27, 2023). Attorney Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith moved to withdraw her appearance as counsel for Bravo Luck Limited, noting her upcoming departure from the firm; other attorneys would continue the representation.** UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) In Re: HO WAN KWOK*,* et al.,1 Debtors. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Chapter 11 Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) (Jointly Administered) October 27, 2023 MOTION TO WITHDRAW APPEARANCE OF MARCY J. MCLAUGHLIN SMITH Pursuant to Local Rule of Civil Procedure 7(e), made applicable by Local Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9083-4, Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith, Esq., of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP requests permission to withdraw her appearance on behalf of Bravo Luck Limited ("Bravo") in this action. In support of this motion, the undersigned states that after October 27, 2023, Ms. McLaughlin Smith will no longer be employed by Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and no longer represent Bravo. The undersigned further states that Francis J. Lawall, Esq., and Joanna J. Cline, Esq., of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP have already appeared on behalf of, and will continue to represent, Bravo in this action. 1 The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (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). WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the undersigned respectfully requests that the Court enter the order attached hereto as Exhibit A to grant leave to withdraw her appearance in the above-captioned case. Dated at Wilmington, Delaware, this 27th day of October, 2023. /s/ Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith (DE No. 6184) (admitted pro hac vice) Hercules Plaza, Suite 5100 1313 N. Market Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Telephone: (302) 777-6500 Fax: (302) 421-8390 E-mail: [marcy.smith@troutman.com] Withdrawing Counsel for Bravo Luck Limited CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned certifies that on October 27, 2023, the Motion to Withdraw Appearance of Marcy J. Mclaughlin Smith was filed electronically. Notice of this filing will be sent by e-mail to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system or by United States first class mail, postage prepaid, to anyone unable to accept electronic filing, as indicated on the Notice of Electronic Filing. Parties may access this filing through the Court's CM/ECF System. A. Electronic Notice Via CM/ECF Service List Gregory F. Arcaro　garcaro@grafsteinlaw.com; 5806@notices.nextchapterbk.com; office@grafsteinlaw.com; ArcaroGR49801@notify.bestcase.com Laura Aronsson　laronsson@omm.com Tristan G. Axelrod　taxelrod@brownrudnick.com William R. Baldiga　wbaldiga@brownrudnick.com Kellianne Baranowsky　kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com; aevans@gs-lawfirm.com; kbaranowsky@ecf.courtdrive.com Daniel D. Barnes　dbarnes@csglaw.com Douglass E. Barron　douglassbarron@paulhastings.com Nicholas A. Bassett　nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com; jonathonkosciewicz@paulhastings.com; lucdespins@paulhastings.com; alexbongartz@paulhastings.com; ezrasutton@paulhastings.com; douglassbarron@paulhastings.com; ecf.frg@paulhastings.com; aviluft@paulhastings.com Patricia B. Bergamasco　bergamasco@csglaw.com Patrick M. Birney　pbirney@rc.com, ctrivigno@rc.com Christopher H. Blau　cblau@zeislaw.com G. Alexander Bongartz　alexbongartz@paulhastings.com Trevor L. Bradley　tbradley@rc.com Carollynn H.G. Callari　ccallari@callaripartners.com Daniel Cantor　dcantor@omm.com Dennis M. Carnelli　dcarnelli@npmlaw.com John L. Cesaroni　jcesaroni@zeislaw.com Scott M. Charmoy　scottcharmoy@charmoy.com; ecf-3ae5beb98d9b@ecf.pacerpro.com; charmoysr97992@notify.bestcase.com Holley L. Claiborn　holley.l.claiborn@usdoj.gov Brian J Clifford　bclifford@sdvlaw.com; lucdespins@paulhastings.com Michael T. Conway　mconway@lpgmlaw.com Keith N. Costa　kcosta@otterbourg.com; kcosta@otterbourg.com; awilliams@otterbourg.com James J. Costello, Jr　jjcostellojr@norris-law.com Samuel Bryant Davidoff　sdavidoff@wc.com Luc A. Despins　lucdespins@paulhastings.com; matlaskowski@paulhastings.com; davidmohamed@paulhastings.com Sam Della Fera, Jr.　sdellafera@csglaw.com Janie Eddy　jeddy@sdvlaw.com Paul Fenaroli　pfenaroli@pastore.net Sabato P. Fiano　sfiano@znclaw.com Ross G. Fingold　rfingold@lawssf.com Carolina A. Fornos　carolina.fornos@pillsburylaw.com David S. Forsh　dforsh@callaripartners.com Richard N Freeth　rfreeth@freethfirm.com Lisa Fried　lisa.fried@hsf.com; stephanie.morano@hsf.com Peter Friedman　pfriedman@omm.com Taruna Garg　tgarg@murthalaw.com; mgarcia@murthalaw.com Irve J. Goldman　igoldman@pullcom.com; rmccoy@pullcom.com Evan S. Goldstein　egoldstein@uks.com Mia N. Gonzalez　mgonzalez@omm.com Marc Gottridge　marc.gottridge@hsf.com James C. Graham　jgraham@npmlaw.com; sgibbons@npmlaw.com; NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net Lawrence S. Grossman　LGrossman@gs-lawfirm.com; aevans@gs-lawfirm.com; ngolino@gs lawfirm.com; lawrencegrossman@ecf.courtdrive.com; mbuckanavage@gs lawfirm.com; eross@gs-lawfirm.com David V. Harbach, II　dharbach@omm.com James J. Healy　jhealy@cowderymurphy.com Jeffrey Hellman　jeff@jeffhellmanlaw.com; christen@jeffhellmanlaw.com Eric A. Henzy　ehenzy@zeislaw.com; cjervey@zeislaw.com Zachary A. Intrater　zintrater@braflaw.com Ryan T. Jareck　rjareck@coleschotz.com Timothy P. Jensen　tjensen@omjblaw.com David G. Jordan　djordan@sdvlaw.com; kryan@sdvlaw.com Jonathan Kaplan　jkaplan@pullcom.com; prulewicz@pullcom.com; rmccoy@pullcom.com Austin D Kim　adk@msf-law.com Stephen M. Kindseth　skindseth@zeislaw.com; cjervey@zeislaw.com Nancy Bohan Kinsella　nkinsella@npmlaw.com; moshea@npmlaw.com; smowery@npmlaw.com; npm.bankruptcy@gmail.com Kathleen M. LaManna　klamanna@goodwin.com; bankruptcy@goodwin.com; bankruptcyparalegal@goodwin.com Julie A Lavoie　jlavoie@murthalaw.com Andrew V. Layden　alayden@bakerlaw.com Patrick R. Linsey　plinsey@npmlaw.com; karguello@npmlaw.com; NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net Avram Emmanuel Luft　aviluft@paulhastings.com Christopher J. Major　cjm@msf-law.com Bonnie C. Mangan　bonnie.mangan@manganlaw.com; becky.avery@manganlaw.com Amy E. Markim　amarkim@omjblaw.com Kristin B. Mayhew　kmayhew@pullcom.com; kwarshauer@mdmc-law.com; bdangelo@mdmc law.com Melissa Rose McClammy　mmcclammy@pastore.net Michael T. McCormack　mmccormack@omjblaw.com; mgambardella@omjblaw.com Danielle L. Merola　dmerola@bakerlaw.com Sherry J. Millman　smillman@stroock.com Aaron A Mitchell　aaron@lmesq.com James M. Moriarty　jmoriarty@zeislaw.com; cgregory@zeislaw.com Sara Pahlavan　spahlavan@omm.com Joseph M. Pastore, III　jpastore@pastore.net Sari B. Placona　splacona@msbnj.com Patrick N. Petrocelli　ppetrocelli@stroock.com Lucas Bennett Rocklin　lrocklin@npmlaw.com; NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net Aaron Romney　aromney@zeislaw.com; swenthen@zeislaw.com Scott D. Rosen　srosen@cb-shea.com; msullivan@cbshealaw.com; dtempera@cbshealaw.com Thomas J. Sansone　tsansone@carmodylaw.com Stuart M. Sarnoff　ssarnoff@omm.com; stuart-sarnoff-1059@ecf.pacerpro.com John T. Shaban　john@levinelevinelaw.com Douglas S. Skalka　dskalka@npmlaw.com; smowery@npmlaw.com; NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net Jeffrey M. Sklarz　jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com; aevans@gs-lawfirm.com; mbuckanavage@gs lawfirm.com; eross@gs-lawfirm.com, jsklarz@ecf.courtdrive.com Michael B. Sloan　msloan@msf-law.com Annecca H. Smith　asmith@rc.com Anthony Sodono, III　asodono@msbnj.com Michael P. Thompson　mpthompson@grsm.com; tbernier@grsm.com John Troy　johntroy@troypllc.com Tiffany Troy　tiffanytroy@troypllc.com; troylaw@troypllc.com U.S. Trustee　USTPRegion02.NH.ECF@USDOJ.GOV Lee Vartan　Ivartan@csglaw.com Stephen G. Walko　swalko@ibolaw.com Michael S. Weinstein　mweinstein@golenbock.com Melissa F. Wernick　mwernick@csglaw.com Latonia C. Williams　lwilliams@goodwin.com; bankruptcyparalegal@goodwin.com; bankruptcy@goodwin.com Jay Marshall Wolman　jmw@randazza.com; ecf-6898@ecf.pacerpro.com Peter J. Zarella　pzarella@mdmc-law.com B. United States First Class Mail, Postage Prepaid, Service List Affiliated Adjustment Group, Ltd. 3000 Marcus Avenue, Suite 3W3 Lake Success, NY 11042 Brown Rudnick LLP Attn: President or General Mgr One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111 Corporate Creations Network, Inc. 801 US Highway 1 North Palm Beach, FL 33408 Dundon Advisers LLC Attn: President or General Mgr 10 Bank Street, Suite 1100 White Plains, NY 10606 Chao-Chih Chiu, Huizhen Wang Yunxia Wu, Keyi Zilkie c/o TroyGould PC 1801 Century Park East, 16th Floor Attn: Christopher A. Lilly Los Angeles, CA 90067-2367 Gregory A. Coleman Coleman Worldwide Advisors, LLC PO Box 2839 New York, NY 10008-2839 J. Ted Donovan and Kevin J. Nash Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP 1501 Broadway 22nd Floor New York, NY 10036 Sherry Millman Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 180 Maiden Lane New York, NY 10038 Richard C. Morrissey Office of the U.S. Trustee 201 Varick Street, Room 1006 New York, NY 10014 Edward Moss, Diana Perez, Stuart Sarnoff, and Daniel Shamah O'Melveny & Myers LLP 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 Alissa M. Nann Foley & Lardner LLP 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016 Irve Goldman, Esq. Pullman & Comley, LLC 850 Main Street Bridgeport, CT 06601 Peter M. Friedman O'Melveny & Myers LLP 1625 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Steven E. Mackey Office of the U.S. Trustee The Giaimo Federal Building 150 Court Street, Room 302 New Haven, CT 06510 Gabriel Sasson Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 Douglas E. Spelfogel Derek L. Wright Mayer Brown LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1001 Stretto Attn: President or General Mgr 410 Exchange, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92602 Yongbing Zhang 223 West Jackson Blvd. #1012 Chicago, IL 60606 Genever Holdings Corporation P.O. Box 3170 Road Town Tortola, British Virgin Islands Genever Holdings LLC 781 Fifth Avenue Apt. 1801 New York, NY 10022-5520 Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC 777 Third Avenue 12th Floor New York, NY 10017 Xiaoxiao Lin 24 Sonrisa Irvine, CA 92620 Yuanlin Liu 192 Pendleton Dr. Amherst, VA 24521 Edmiston and Company Limited 2 Marina Plaza Newport, RI 02840 Xiaoming Liu 5-16-50 Nemotomachi Tajimi City Gifu Prefecture, 5070065 Ning Zhao 3611 Summer Ranch Dr. Katy, TX 77694 /s/ Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith (admitted pro hac vice)