UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA 

Richmond Division 

In re: LECLAIRRYAN PLLC, Case No. 19-34574-KRH 

Debtor. Chapter 7 

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LYNN L. TAVENNER, 

as Chapter 7 Trustee, 

Plaintiff, 

v. Adv. Pro. No. 20-03142-KRH 

ULX PARTNERS, LLC and 

UNITEDLEX CORPORATION, 

Defendants. 

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ORDER

On January 11, 2021, ULX Partners, LLC and UnitedLex Corporation (the “Movants”) 

filed Defendants’ ULX Partners, LLC’s and UnitedLex Corporation’s Motion to Partially Dismiss 

the Complaint [ECF No. 17] (the “Motion to Dismiss”). On February 12, 2021, the Chapter 7 

Trustee (the “Trustee”) filed a response [ECF No. 25] (the “Response”) to the Motion to Dismiss. 

The Movants filed a reply [ECF No. 26] to the Response on February 19, 2021. By the Notice of 

Hearing dated February 23, 2021 [ECF No. 27] and pursuant to the Order Establishing Certain 

Notice, Case Management and Administrative Procedures [In re LeClairRyan PLLC, Case No. 

19-34574-KRH, ECF No. 38], the Movants scheduled a hearing (the “Hearing”) on the Motion to 

Dismiss for March 25, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. 

 On January 11, 2021, and contemporaneously with the Motion to Dismiss, the Movants 

also filed Defendants’ Motion to Withdraw the Reference and Memorandum in Support Thereof

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[ECF No. 13] (the “Motion to Withdraw”), seeking relief from the United States District Court for 

the Eastern District of Virginia (the “District Court”). By Order dated February 18, 2021, the 

District Court referred the Motion to Withdraw to this Court (the “Bankruptcy Court”) for 

proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. Order, ULX Partners, LLC v. Tavenner, Case 

No. 21-cv-00077-DJN (Feb. 18, 2021), ECF No. 4. The Bankruptcy Court has not entered 

proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law and, as such, the Motion to Withdraw remains 

pending before the Bankruptcy Court. 

On February 25, 2021, the Bankruptcy Court conducted an omnibus hearing (the “February 

Omnibus Hearing”) in the above-captioned chapter 7 bankruptcy case, at which counsel for the 

Trustee and counsel for the Movants appeared. At the February Omnibus Hearing, the Bankruptcy 

Court indicated that it would consider the Motion to Withdraw before the Motion to Dismiss. See 

Millennium Studios, Inc. v. Man Roland, Inc. (In re Millennium Studios, Inc.), 286 B.R. 300, 306 

(D. Md. 2002) (considering motion to dismiss complaint after motion to withdraw the reference). 

Accordingly, in light of the foregoing and for the reasons stated on the record in open court at the 

February Omnibus Hearing, it is hereby 

ORDERED that the Hearing on the Motion to Dismiss be and it hereby is CONTINUED 

to April 27, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. Pursuant to the Court’s Protocol in Response to Public Health 

Emergency,

1 the Hearing will be conducted via Zoom for Government. Persons seeking to 

attend or participate in the Hearing must register in advance via the following link: 

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 A copy of the Protocol in Response to Public Health Emergency is available on the Court’s website at 

https://www.vaeb.uscourts.gov/wordpress/?wpfb_dl=860. 

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https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItcOGqrjIpGA3Ap42KB4_sK5wjtLNNqdA. In 

addition, a listen-only line is available at: 

Dial In: 1-866-590-5055 

Access Code: 4377075 

Security Code: 42721 

DATED: March 23, 2021 /s/ Kevin R. Huennekens 

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE 

Entered on Docket: _______________ 

Copies to: 

Erika L. Morabito 

Foley & Lardner 

3000 K Street NW, Suite 600 

Washington, DC 20007 

Brittany Jane Nelson 

Foley & Lardner 

3000 K Street NW, Suite 6000 

Washington, DC 20007 

Paula S. Beran 

Tavenner & Beran, PLC 

20 North Eighth Street, Second Floor 

Richmond, VA 23219 

David G. Barger 

Greenberg Traurig, LLP 

1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1000 

McLean, VA 22102 

Thomas John McKee, Jr. 

Greenberg Traurig, LLP 

1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1000 

McLean, VA 22102 

March 24, 2021

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