Sheila Gowan, the Chapter 11 trustee in the Dreier bankruptcy, claims the Texas court where her former law firm filed suit seeking fees lacks jurisdiction over her and therefore the suit should be dismissed.
Gowan is being sued by Diamond McCarthy over a $1.4 million fee she received as trustee in the Dreier case. The Texas-based firm alleges Gowan, a nonequity former partner, has refused to give the firm the fee she earned as trustee, even though she is required to under the partnership agreement. The suit in Harris County, Texas, Diamond McCarthy v. Gowan, 2014-38139 (See Petition), claims Gowan worked primarily with the firm’s Texas personnel (NYLJ, July 15).
