Leslie J. Tchaikovsky
How Judge Tchaikovsky rules, drawn from 16 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Tchaikovsky no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Tchaikovsky
Leslie J. Tchaikovsky served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of California from 1987 until her retirement in August 2010. Her published decisions addressed plan confirmation, liens, automatic stays, professional fees, and claims.
How Judge Tchaikovsky decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In In re Qmect, she directed a creditor seeking postpetition attorney fees to file an amended motion that separated bankruptcy work by task and supplied more detail.
“segregating by task the work done on bankruptcy related issues and providing the additional detail describing the work done”
Procedural preferences
A postjudgment concession can justify modifying the judgment without reopening a separately supported alter-ego finding.
“The Court agrees that this new concession requires a modification of the judgment.”
Cautions
In In re Qmect, Tchaikovsky denied the trustee's proposed settlement after weighing the creditors' unanimous opposition and the availability of counsel to continue the litigation on a contingent fee basis.
“The Court is unable to find that it would be in the best interests of the estate to approve a compromise under these circumstances.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Bank’s motion for relief from the automatic stay will be granted.”
“The debtor’s motion to avoid Weeks’ judicial hen is granted”
“their motion to avoid the Deed of Trust will be denied.”
“their motion for relief from the automatic stay will be granted.”
“may obtain an administrative claim for its reasonable fees and expenses”
“The Court agrees that this new concession requires a modification of the judgment.”
“the motion to amend will certainly be granted in this respect.”
“The motion of the Trustee and Cedar is granted.”
“the request will be denied without prejudice.”
The recovery claim was resolved after trial because the recipient established a good-faith subsequent-transferee defense; no discrete motion was classified.
The vehicle-loan dischargeability dispute was resolved after trial without a discrete party-motion outcome.
“sustaining the objections and denying confirmation.”
“Kendall’s application for approval of the proposed global settlement with Burlin-game will be denied.”
A historical record
Judge Tchaikovsky no longer sits on this court. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.