Bankruptcy

Ali Choudri’s Arab Investor Suit Presented by former State Bar of Texas Disciplinary Committee Chair

Choudri and his new counsel maintains National Bank of Kuwait has breached a settlement agreement in this latest case filed in April 2024.

Choudhri v. National Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K.P., New York Branch

(24-03120)

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas, Judge Jeff Norman

AUG 10, NOV 13, 2024

Last update and/or visit by LIT

So, we backed off updating this case for a reason…now this happened:

SEPT 11, 2024:

Order The Court dismisses this appeal for undue delay and failure to pursue this action.

This Order terminates the appeal.

Signed on 9/11/2024 (mmm4) (Entered: 09/13/2024)

NOV 13, 2024:

Order By District Court Judge Keith P Ellison,

Re: Appeal on Civil Action Number:4:24-cv-3198 ,

The order dismissing the appeal is withdrawn and the appeal is reinstated.

Signed on 11/13/2024 (glc4) (Entered: 11/13/2024)

DISMISSED

 

U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Southern District of Texas (Houston)
Adversary Proceeding #: 24-03120

Assigned to: Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey P Norman
Lead BK Case: 23-34815
Lead BK Title: Galleria 2425 Owner, LLC
Lead BK Chapter: 11

Demand:

Date Filed: 06/07/24
Date Removed From State: 06/07/24
Nature[s] of Suit: 02 Other (e.g. other actions that would have been brought in state court if unrelated to bankruptcy)

 


Plaintiff
———————–

Ali Choudhri
 

represented by

 

Jeffrey W Steidley
The Steidley Law Firm
3701 Kirby Drive Suite 1196
Houston, TX 77098
713-523-9595
Fax : 713-523-0578
Email: jeff@texlaw.us
LEAD ATTORNEY

Jeffrey W Steidley
Steidley Law Firm
3000 Weslayan
Ste 200
Houston, TX 77027
713-523-9595
Email: Jeff@texlaw.us

 

V.

Defendant
———————–

National Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K.P., New York Branch
 

represented by

 

Charles Clayton Conrad
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
609 Main Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77002
713-276-7626
Fax : 281-582-4392
Email: charles.conrad@pillsburylaw.com

Ryan Steinbrunner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
609 Main, Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77002
713-276-7639
Email: ryan.steinbrunner@pillsburylaw.com

Andrew M. Troop
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
31 West 52nd St
New York, NY 10019
212-858-1000
Email: andrew.troop@pillsburylaw.com
LEAD ATTORNEY

 

Filing Date # Docket Text
08/14/2024 26
(7 pgs)
BNC Certificate of Mailing. (Related document(s):22 Order on Emergency Motion (Adversary)) No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 08/14/2024. (Admin.) (Entered: 08/14/2024)
08/14/2024 27
(3 pgs)
BNC Certificate of Mailing. (Related document(s):23 Generic Order (Adversary)) No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 08/14/2024. (Admin.) (Entered: 08/14/2024)
08/16/2024 28
(6 pgs)
BNC Certificate of Mailing. (Related document(s):25 Order on Motion to Dismiss Adversary Proceeding) No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 08/16/2024. (Admin.) (Entered: 08/17/2024)
08/23/2024 29
(12 pgs; 3 docs)
Notice of Appeal filed. (related document(s):22 Order on Emergency Motion (Adversary), 25 Order on Motion to Dismiss Adversary Proceeding). Fee Amount $298. Appellant Designation due by 09/6/2024. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 # 2 Exhibit 2) (Steidley, Jeffrey) (Entered: 08/23/2024)
08/27/2024 30 Election to Appeal to District Court . (hl4) (Entered: 08/27/2024)
08/27/2024 31
(1 pg)
Clerk’s Notice of Filing of an Appeal. On 08/23/2024, Ali Choudhri filed a notice of appeal. The appeal has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Keith P Ellison, Civil Action 4:24-cv-03198. Parties notified (Related document(s):29 Notice of Appeal) (hl4) (Entered: 08/27/2024)
08/29/2024 32
(3 pgs)
BNC Certificate of Mailing. (Related document(s):31 Clerk’s Notice of Filing of an Appeal) No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 08/29/2024. (Admin.) (Entered: 08/29/2024)
09/05/2024 33
(4 pgs)
Appellant Designation of Contents For Inclusion in Record On Appeal (related document(s):29 Notice of Appeal). (Steidley, Jeffrey) (Entered: 09/05/2024)
09/11/2024 34
(1 pg)
Order The Court dismisses this appeal for undue delay and failure to pursue this action. This Order terminates teh appeal. Signed on 9/11/2024 (mmm4) (Entered: 09/13/2024)
09/15/2024 35
(3 pgs)
BNC Certificate of Mailing. (Related document(s):34 Generic Order (Adversary)) No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 09/15/2024. (Admin.) (Entered: 09/15/2024)
09/23/2024 36
(1 pg)
Record Transmitted under Rule 8010(b). On 9/23/2024, the appeal was transmitted to the U.S. District Court, assigned Judge Keith P Ellison, Civil Action 4:24cv3198. All appellate filings must now be made in the United States District Court with the civil action caption and case number. (Related document(s):29 Notice of Appeal). (bwl4) (Entered: 09/23/2024)
11/13/2024 37
(1 pg)
Order By District Court Judge Keith P Ellison, Re: Appeal on Civil Action Number:4:24-cv-3198 , The order dismissing the appeal is withdrawn and the appeal is reinstated. Signed on 11/13/2024 (glc4) (Entered: 11/13/2024)

 


 

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11/14/2024 11:12:52

Record on Appeal Transmitted Under Rule 8010(b)

Order Dismissing Case (Related Doc # 10) Signed on 8/13/2024.

ORDERED that Case No. 24-03120 is dismissed with prejudice. (trc4) (Entered: 08/14/2024)

Stipulation and Agreed Order Continuing the Pre-Trial Conference Signed on 7/29/2024.

Pre-Trial Conference reset for 9/4/2024 at 11:00 AM at Houston, Courtroom 403 (JPN).

(trc4) (Entered: 07/29/2024)

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Stipulation By Ali Choudhri and Does this document include an agreed order or otherwise request that the judge sign a document? Yes.

(Filed By Ali Choudhri ). (Steidley, Jeffrey) (Entered: 08/09/2024)

U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Southern District of Texas (Houston)
Adversary Proceeding #: 24-03120

Assigned to: Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey P Norman
Lead BK Case: 23-34815
Lead BK Title: Galleria 2425 Owner, LLC
Lead BK Chapter: 11

Demand:

Date Filed: 06/07/24
Date Removed From State: 06/07/24
Nature[s] of Suit: 02 Other (e.g. other actions that would have been brought in state court if unrelated to bankruptcy)

 


Plaintiff
———————–

Ali Choudhri
 

represented by

 

Jeffrey W Steidley
The Steidley Law Firm
3701 Kirby Drive Suite 1196
Houston, TX 77098
713-523-9595
Fax : 713-523-0578
Email: jeff@texlaw.us
LEAD ATTORNEY

Jeffrey W Steidley
Steidley Law Firm
3000 Weslayan
Ste 200
Houston, TX 77027
713-523-9595
Email: Jeff@texlaw.us

 

V.

Defendant
———————–

National Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K.P., New York Branch
 

represented by

 

Charles Clayton Conrad
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
609 Main Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77002
713-276-7626
Fax : 281-582-4392
Email: charles.conrad@pillsburylaw.com

Ryan Steinbrunner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
609 Main, Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77002
713-276-7639
Email: ryan.steinbrunner@pillsburylaw.com

Andrew M. Troop
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
31 West 52nd St
New York, NY 10019
212-858-1000
Email: andrew.troop@pillsburylaw.com
LEAD ATTORNEY

 

Filing Date # Docket Text
07/22/2024 15
(9 pgs; 2 docs)
Supplemental Response Supplement to Motion to Remand (related document(s):3 Emergency Motion (Adversary)). Filed by Ali Choudhri (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order) (Steidley, Jeffrey) (Entered: 07/22/2024)
07/22/2024 16
(1 pg)
Order Continuing Hearing Signed on 7/22/2024 (Related document(s):3 Emergency Motion to Remand) Hearing rescheduled for 8/14/2024 at 11:00 AM at Houston, Courtroom 403 (JPN). (trc4) (Entered: 07/22/2024)
07/25/2024 17
(3 pgs)
BNC Certificate of Mailing. (Related document(s):16 Order Setting Hearing) No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 07/25/2024. (Admin.) (Entered: 07/25/2024)
07/26/2024 18
(3 pgs)
Stipulation By National Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K.P., New York Branch and Plaintiff, Ali Choudhri. Does this document include an agreed order or otherwise request that the judge sign a document? Yes., Proposed Order RE: Stipulation and Agreed Order Continuing the Pre-Trial Conference Set for August 14, 2024 at 11:00 A.M. (Filed By National Bank of Kuwait, S.A.K.P., New York Branch ).(Related document(s):2 Scheduling Order) (Troop, Andrew) (Entered: 07/26/2024)
07/29/2024 19
(3 pgs)
Stipulation and Agreed Order Continuing the Pre-Trial Conference Signed on 7/29/2024. Pre-Trial Conference reset for 9/4/2024 at 11:00 AM at Houston, Courtroom 403 (JPN). (trc4) (Entered: 07/29/2024)
07/31/2024 20
(5 pgs)
BNC Certificate of Mailing. (Related document(s):19 Scheduling Order) No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 07/31/2024. (Admin.) (Entered: 07/31/2024)
08/09/2024 21
(3 pgs)
Stipulation By Ali Choudhri and. Does this document include an agreed order or otherwise request that the judge sign a document? Yes. (Filed By Ali Choudhri ). (Steidley, Jeffrey) (Entered: 08/09/2024)

 


 

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08/10/2024 08:27:47

202427168 –

CHOUDHRI, ALI vs. NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT, S.A.K.P, NEW YORK BRANCH

 (Court 129, JUDGE MICHAEL GOMEZ)

APR 26, 2024 | REPUBLISHED BY LIT: MAY 1, 2024
Jun 20, 2024

Last update and/or visit by LIT

New case. New Lawyer.

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Mr. Steidley grew up in a military family. His father was in law enforcement as an Air Policeman in the United States Air Force, and later became a U.S. Treasury Agent. Jeff entered the U.S Army after high school and served three years, attaining the rank of Buck Sergeant. His brother Mike served in the Air Force, and his other brother Darrell served in the Navy.

After the Army, Jeff began college at Middle Tennessee State University, ultimately graduating from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He then attended the Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he served on the editorial board of the prestigious Vanderbilt Law Review. He was recruited from Vanderbilt Law School to come to Houston, Texas to work for Vinson & Elkins, one of the largest law firms in the country. In the year between his graduation from Vandy Law, and showing up for work at V&E, Jeff clerked for the Honorable Bailey Brown, Jr., who was a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. (Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan).

During his tenure with Vinson & Elkins, Mr. Steidley began his active trial practice, and also served the State Bar of Texas as a member of Disciplinary Committee 4-D, which he later chaired.

During this time he also assisted the students at the University of Houston Law Center as an adjunct professor of law in the areas of trial and appellate practice, where he taught off and on for over a decade.

Mr. Steidley first became Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law in 1985, and has retained his board certification over the ensuing years. He continues to have significant personal injury cases, but his trial practice over the years has extended to virtually all areas of civil litigation. He has tried cases to verdict in state and federal courts and has appeared before the appellate courts of Texas and the United States. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, has been selected as a Texas Super Lawyer for many years, and has received the highest “AV” rating possible reflecting recognition by his peers as “Very High to Preeminent” in terms of his professional ability and expertise, and as “Very High” in terms of his adherence to professional standards of conduct and ethics.

Mr. Steidley has three grown children, Rachel, Amalie and Winston. His interests outside of his law practice and his children include volunteer work, riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle, playing golf, writing, working out, yoga and meditation

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