MICHAEL P. KUTZER, ESQUIRE

UNITED S TATES B ANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR T HE E ASTERN DISTRICT O F PENNSYLVANIA
In re 	:
:
MICHAEL P. KUTZER, ESQUIRE, 	: 	Misc. No. 07-3010DWS
:
:
In re 	: 	Chapter 13
:
KEVIN HARTZAG, 	: 	Bankruptcy No. 07-13250DWS
:
Debtor, 	:
ORDER
AND NOW, this 13th day of August 2007, this Court having entered two orders to
show cause on July 31, 2007 against Michael Kutzer, Esquire (“Kutzer”) regarding (1) his
failure to file attorney disclosure statements required by Fed.R.Bankr.P. 2016(b) (“2016(b)
Statements”) and (2) his practice of collecting fees from his clients and not paying the filing
fees until their cases are up for dismissal;
And a hearing on both show cause matters at which the United States trustee
participated having been held as scheduled on August 13, 2007;
And Kutzer explaining that he has still not filed the 2016(b) Statements noted as
missing in the Order entered in the Hartzag case due to a difficulty with his computer
software and having committed to remedy this by the end of business today;
And the UST being satisfied with that response;
Case 07-03010-dws Doc 4 Filed 08/13/07 Entered 08/13/07 16:51:09 Desc Main
Document Page 1 of 3

In re Michael P. Kutzer, Esquire - Misc. No. 07-3010DWS
In re Kevin Hartzag - Bankruptcy No. 07-13250DWS
1 He also uses the mobile number for advertising and client solicitation purposes.
2 No extension shall be granted.
-2-
And Kutzer representing that in any new case he would file his 2106(b) Statement
contemporaneously with the petition;
And with respect to fees, Kutzer contending that he has held the fees paid by his
clients in a trust fund pending payment to the court;
And the UST being satisfied with that response;
And Kutzer promising that with every petition he files, he will contemporaneously
pay the filing fee unless he has filed an application to pay in installment fees or for in forma
pauperis treatment;
And Kutzer acknowledging that he does not retrieve messages from his land line
phone of record with the Court on a regular basis but that his clients are not prejudiced
because he provides them with his mobile phone number; 1
And Kutzer indicating that it was not his intention to preclude the Court from
contacting him by providing a number that he does not regularly access and upon my
request, then providing the Court with that number;
It is hereby ORDERED that:
1. Every bankruptcy petition filed by Kutzer shall be accompanied by the full filing
fee (or an application to pay in installment fees or for in forma pauperis treatment) and the
attorney disclosure statement required by Rule 2016(b);2
Case 07-03010-dws Doc 4 Filed 08/13/07 Entered 08/13/07 16:51:09 Desc Main
Document Page 2 of 3

In re Michael P. Kutzer, Esquire - Misc. No. 07-3010DWS
In re Kevin Hartzag - Bankruptcy No. 07-13250DWS
3 Notwithstanding a representation to me to the contrary, it appears that he has not filed
2016 (b) Statements in the 9 cases he has filed since August 1, 2007.
-3-
2. In the cases noted in the Hartzag Order as well as the cases filed since the date of
that Order, 3 he shall file the 2016(b) Statement by 6:00 p.m. August 13, 2007;
3. 	Kutzer shall cease referring in court papers to the land line phone number that
he does not answer but shall use the mobile phone number where he can be reached;
4. 	The Clerk shall enter the mobile number 215-687-6370 as the attorney phone
number on the docket of Kutzer’s existing cases;
5. The Court and UST shall monitor Kutzer’s compliance with these requirements
and appropriate steps will be taken if there is a breach of this Order.
DIANE WEISS SIGMUND
Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
cc: 	Judge Bruce Fox
Judge Stephen Raslavich
Judge Eric Frank
Judge Richard Fehling
Judge Jean FitzSimon
Timothy McGrath, Clerk
Walter Stoertz, Chief Deputy Clerk
Case 07-03010-dws Doc 4 Filed 08/13/07 Entered 08/13/07 16:51:09 Desc Main
Document Page 3 of 3