Legal Recovery Associates LLC v. Brenes Law Group, P.C.
- Edgardo Ramos
- 1:22-cv-01778
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Legal Recovery Associates v. Brenes Law Group, Judge Moses ordered two entities to disclose their members’ or partners’ citizenship.
Legal Recovery Associates LLC and Lawrence Litigation Group, LLP, which were ordered to disclose the citizenship of their members or partners.
What happened
Legal Recovery Associates LLC sued Brenes Law Group, P.C. and Troy Brenes. The order also identifies Lawrence Litigation Group, LLP as a counterclaim defendant.
The court ordered Legal Recovery Associates and Lawrence Litigation Group to each file a required Rule 7.1 statement by February 15, 2023. Each entity had to identify its members or partners and disclose their citizenship for purposes of determining diversity jurisdiction.
In Legal Recovery Associates v. Brenes Law Group, Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses issued this procedural order. The order did not decide the parties’ underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Legal Recovery Associates LLC v. Brenes Law Group, P.C. · No. 1:22-cv-01778
- Edgardo Ramos
- Feb. 8, 2023
Order
Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses ordered plaintiff Legal Recovery Associates LLC (LRA) and counterclaim defendant Lawrence Litigation Group, LLP (LLG) to each file a Rule 7.1 Statement no later than February 15, 2023.
Required disclosures
The order directed LRA and LLG to identify and disclose the citizenship of each of their members or partners. It explained that, for a limited liability company, citizenship is the citizenship of each member, and the same rule applies to limited liability partnerships. It also stated that an individual’s citizenship for purposes of the diversity statute is determined by domicile.
Disposition
In Legal Recovery Associates LLC v. Brenes Law Group, P.C., Judge Moses issued an administrative and jurisdiction-related order requiring these disclosures. The opinion does not decide the merits of the dispute or state a separate disposition of the claims.
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