In Re Wenk

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that an attorney may not shirk responsibility for errors by placing blame on her support staff
• finding that counsel who forged debtor’s electronic signature on petition violated Bankruptcy Rule 9011(b)
• finding that counsel who forged debtor’s electronic signature on petition violated Rule 9011(b)
• “[D]ebtor’s signature indicates debtor’s consent to the bankruptcy filing, consent which can only be given by debtor.”
• “Bankruptcy is a very personal action which should only be undertaken by the individual.”
• “The court must consider that Kane’s action of filing a petition electronically purporting to have debtor’s signature is no different than Kane physically forging debtor’s signature and handing the petition over the counter to the clerk.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).