Diamond’s Trustee Gets its Hiring Ruling Punted for Another Day

Diamond’s Chapter 7 Trustee Morgan W. Fisher‘s application to employ Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff, & Sitterson, P.A. as bankruptcy counsel should have been a simple matter. The motion was objected to by Goodman Games, who raised concerns over backroom deals. That decision was delayed by the court while the concern of dealings was addressed. On March 15, Fisher submitted a new motion to defer the ruling to employ that counsel, and that there were no conflicts or side deals.

Since the filing of the Stearns Weaver Application, circumstances have arisen that have caused Stearns Weaver to seek to withdraw as proposed bankruptcy counsel to the Trustee.

They are being engaged in finding a replacement. It is unknown what the “circumstances” are that caused the withdrawal.

The court has granted Fisher’s request and delayed the hiring decision until April 13.

Upon Consideration of the Motion (the “Motion”) filed by Morgan W. Fisher, to defer ruling on the Trustee’s
Application for Authority to Employ Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. as Bankruptcy
Counsel to the Trustee [ECF #1145] (the “Stearns Weaver Application”), to afford the Trustee a reasonable
opportunity to identify and retain replacement counsel and to file an application to employ such replacement counsel with this Court, it is hereby:

ORDERED that the Motion is Granted; and it is further

ORDERED that the Court DEFERS RULING on the Stearns Weaver Application until April 13, 2026.

Source: Graphic Policy