Bankrupt MMA Law Seeks to Pause Lender Litigation Against Owner

Texas-based MMA Law Firm PLLC moved to protect owner and attorney John Zachary Moseley from a litigation funder suit during the firm’s bankruptcy.

Moseley has exclusive institutional knowledge required to resolve MMA’s legal fights and finalize a recovery plan but his forced participation in personal litigation by lender Equal Access Justice Fund LP could jeopardize the estate, the firm said in an April 24 lawsuit in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

The complaint seeks to extend to Moseley the litigation pause afforded the firm as part of its bankruptcy until its Chapter 11 plan goes ...