U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Brian Cummings v. Bretton Keefer
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Joan Louise Larsen
- Filed
- July 16, 2025
- Case
- Brian Cummings v. Bretton Keefer
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0347n.06 No. 24-5606 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Jul 16, 2025 In re: CUMMINGS MANOOKIAN, PLLC, ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) Debtor. ) __________________________________________ ) ON APPEAL FROM THE ) BRIAN CUMMINGS; CUMMINGS ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT MANOOKIAN, PLLC; JEANNE BURTON, ) COURT FOR THE MIDDLE Trustee, DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE | ) UNITED STATES Plaintiffs-Appellees, ) BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR ) THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF v. ) TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE ) BRETTON KEEFER; AFSOON HAGH, ) OPINION ) Defendants-Appellants. ) ) Before: BATCHELDER, LARSEN, and RITZ, Circuit Judges. LARSEN, Circuit Judge. Brian Cummings sued his former co-counsel (Afsoon Hagh), his former client (Bretton Keefer), and his former law firm (Cummings Manookian, PLLC), seeking a share of the attorney fees from a settlement he had worked on prior to withdrawing as counsel. Cummings and Hagh had practiced together at Cummings Manookian, which had since gone bankrupt and whose assets were in bankruptcy proceedings. The bankruptcy trustee (Jeanne Burton) intervened and removed the case to federal bankruptcy court. Hagh and Keefer moved to dismis…
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