Why Circuit-Level Matters
Attorney fee disgorgement under 11 U.S.C. section 329 is a national doctrine, but every federal circuit applies it differently. The pages below collect the leading in-circuit authorities, Chapter 11 filing volume, and practitioner-calibrated tips for each of the twelve federal circuits.
Where an in-circuit case has spoken, cite it first. Where doctrine is still developing, the pages identify the adjacent-circuit authority that local bankruptcy courts are most likely to follow. Filing volume is drawn from the Open Bankruptcy Project master dataset (FJC Integrated Database).
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Eighth Circuit
Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota
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California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, N. Mariana Islands
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