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*This outline is adapted from Chapter 27, Ethical Responsibilities,
Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice 2d (Thomson-West 2005)
Inc., 162 B.R. 299 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 1993), aff'd. 173 B.R. 194
(E.D. Cal. 1994)(notion that DIP counsel must represent interests, not only of client but other parties whose interests may be adverse to those of client, is "flight into the absurd") with In re Al Gelato Continental Desserts, Inc., 99 B.R. 404, 409 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1989)(separate attorney for the DIP corporation "would focus more clearly on the interests" of the corporation than would an attorney who also represents the corporate shareholder's competing interests, even though both reported to the same decision maker); In re Freedom Solar Centers, 776 F.2d 14, 18 (1st Cir. 1985)(separate counsel for debtor and debtor's insiders purchasing estate assets from trustee required for same reasons noted in Al Gelato); and In re BH & P, Inc., 103 B.R. 556, 572 (Bankr. D. N.J. 1989)("presumptively improper to have the same management for two or more" related DIPs . . . "only acceptable solution may be to appoint a trustee for one of the estates"), aff'd. 119 B.R. 35 (D.
N.J. 1990) rev'd in part 949 F.2d 1300 (3d Cir. 1991).
104 In re R&R Associates of Hampton, 402 F.3d 257 (1st Cir. 2005); In re St. Stephen's 350 East 116th St., 313 B.R. 161 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2004); In re Lickman, 297 B.R. 162 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2003); In re Nilges, 301 B.R. 321 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2003); In re Texasoil Enterprises, Inc., 296 B.R. 431 (Bankr. N.D. Texas 2003); In re The Phoenix Group, Inc., 305 B.R. 447 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2003); In re Berg, 268 B.R. 250 (Bankr. D. Mont. 2001).
105 In re Dreiling, 233 B.R. 848 (Bankr. D. Colo. 1999)(lawyer is officer of the court, and statements to the court are virtually made under oath).
106In re Needham, 279 B.R. 519 (Bankr. W.D. La. 2001).
107Bankruptcy Rule 9011; Model Rule 3.1.
108 See Matter of Little Creek Development Co., 779 F.2d 1068 (5th Cir. 1986).
109 See In re Perez, 30 F.3d 1209 (9th Cir. 1994); FE&B v. Charter Technologies, Inc., 57 F.3d 1215 (3d Cir. 1995); In re JLM, Inc., 210 B.R. 19 (2d Cir. BAP 1997); In re Kendavis Industries International, Inc., 91 B.R. 742 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 1988); see also In re Marathon Home Loans, 101 B.R. 216 (Bankr.
