New Falls Corporation and Mark A. Frankel, Not Individually but Solely in His Capacity as Chapter 7 Trustee of Soni Holdings, LLC v. Soni Holdings, LLC, Kunal Soni, Anjali Soni, 632 MLK Blvd Jr LLC, Om P. Soni, Soni Capital Resources, LLC, Weanona Hugie and Richard Spears

CourtUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York
DecidedMarch 6, 2026
Docket8-24-08089
StatusUnknown

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New Falls Corporation and Mark A. Frankel, Not Individually but Solely in His Capacity as Chapter 7 Trustee of Soni Holdings, LLC v. Soni Holdings, LLC, Kunal Soni, Anjali Soni, 632 MLK Blvd Jr LLC, Om P. Soni, Soni Capital Resources, LLC, Weanona Hugie and Richard Spears, (N.Y. 2026).

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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR PUBLICATION EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------------------------------------X In re: Chapter 7 SONI HOLDINGS, LLC, Case No. 23-73863-spg Debtor. -----------------------------------------------------------------X NEW FALLS CORPORATION and MARK A. FRANKEL, Not Individually but Solely in His Capacity as Chapter 7 Trustee of Soni Holdings, LLC,

Plaintiff, Adv. Pro. No. 24-08089-spg

v.

SONI HOLDINGS, LLC, KUNAL SONI, ANJALI SONI, 632 MLK BLVD JR LLC, OM P. SONI, SONI CAPITAL RESOURCES, LLC, WEANONA HUGIE and RICHARD SPEARS,

Defendants. -----------------------------------------------------------------X

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appearances:

THE MEAD LAW FIRM, P.C. Self-Represented 3033 Brighton 3rd Street Brooklyn, New York 11235 By: Wesley Mead, Esq.

VLOCK & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Counsel for Plaintiff New Falls Corporation and Special Litigation Counsel to Mark A. Frankel, Chapter 7 Trustee of Soni Holdings, LLC 630 Third Avenue, 18th Floor New York, New York 10017 By: Steven Giordano, Esq. TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………...1 II. BACKGROUND………………………………………………………………………….1 III. DISCUSSION………………………………………………………………….……….…6 A. The Mead Firm’s Application to Intervene Under Civil Rule 24………………….6 B. The Mead Firm’s Request for Relief from the Automatic Stay…………………...11 IV. CONCLUSION………………………………………………….….……………………13 THE HONORABLE SHERYL P. GIUGLIANO UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

Pending before this Court is an omnibus letter motion [Bankruptcy Case docket, ECF No. 213] (the “Omnibus Motion”), filed November 6, 2025, of Wesley Mead, Esq. (“Mr. Mead”) on behalf of The Mead Law Firm, P.C. (the “Mead Firm”) in connection with the adversary proceeding, styled New Falls Corporation, et al., v. Soni Holdings, LLC, et al. [Adv. Pro. No. 24- 08089-spg] (the “Adversary Proceeding”), and the damages trial held therein on November 7, 2025 and November 17, 2025 (the “Damages Trial”).1 The Omnibus Motion is opposed by plaintiff New Falls Corporation (“New Falls” or “Plaintiff”), which filed a letter objection [Bankruptcy Case docket, ECF No. 225] (the “Objection”) on November 21, 2025. The Court has carefully reviewed the Omnibus Motion and the Objection, and thoughtfully considered the arguments interposed therein. After due deliberation, the Court finds that for the reasons set forth below, the Omnibus Motion is DENIED in its entirety. II. BACKGROUND

The Adversary Proceeding originated as a civil action commenced in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (the “District Court”) [Case No. 19-cv-00449- HG-LGD] on January 23, 2019 by New Falls, through its counsel, Vlock & Associates, P.C. (“Vlock & Associates”). Pursuant to the Amended Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial [District Court docket, ECF No. 26], dated March 15, 2019, the named defendants to the litigation included

1 The Omnibus Motion was filed in the main bankruptcy proceeding of Soni Holdings, LLC (the “Debtor”), but the requested relief principally concerns the Adversary Proceeding. Accordingly, the Omnibus Motion is treated by the Court as having been filed in the Adversary Proceeding. Unless otherwise specified herein, references to numbered CM/ECF entries shall be with respect to the docket of the Adversary Proceeding [Adv. Pro. No. 24-08089-spg]. at the time: (i) the Debtor; (ii) Kunal Soni; (iii) Anjali Soni; (iv) 632 MLK Blvd Jr LLC; (v) Om P. Soni; (vi) Soni Capital Resources, LLC; (vii) Kanwal Kapur2; (viii) Weanona Hugie; and (ix) Richard Spears. New Falls brought the action to pursue relief, in pertinent part, under the civil damage provisions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961,

et seq. (“RICO”) to recover damages arising on account of defendants’ alleged unlawful acts directed at preventing New Falls from collecting a certain underlying judgment (the “Underlying Judgment”). At the outset of the litigation, the Debtor, Kunal Soni, Anjali Soni, Soni Capital Resources, LLC, 632 MLK Blvd Jr LLC, and Om P. Soni (collectively, the “Soni Defendants”) were represented by Kenneth A. Reynolds, Esq. of The Law Offices of Kenneth A. Reynolds, Esq., P.C. (the “Reynolds Firm”). On July 25, 2019, the Mead Firm filed a stipulation [District Court docket, ECF No. 60] substituting the Mead Firm as counsel of record for the Soni Defendants in place and instead of the Reynolds Firm. On July 26, 2019, the Mead Firm filed a notice of appearance as counsel to the Soni Defendants [District Court docket, ECF No. 61].

On October 18, 2023, after years of litigation before the District Court, the Debtor commenced the instant bankruptcy proceeding with the filing of a voluntary petition under chapter 11 of title 11, United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”). On December 26, 2023, the Debtor’s case was converted to one under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. New Falls petitioned the District Court to refer the litigation to this Court. On October 1, 2024, over the objection of the Soni Defendants, the District Court entered an order referring the matter to this Court, which took effect on October 4, 2024.

2 On March 31, 2020, the District Court entered an order [District Court docket, ECF No. 101] dismissing all claims against defendant Kanwal Kapur with prejudice. On December 19, 2024, this Court entered an Order [ECF No. 11] granting the Mead Firm’s oral application to be relieved as counsel of record to the Soni Defendants. The termination of the Mead Firm’s representation of the Soni Defendants took effect that same date. On January 9, 2025, over a year later, the Mead Firm filed a proof of claim in the Debtor’s

bankruptcy case [Claim No. 4-1] for unpaid legal services related to the Adversary Proceeding performed on behalf of the Debtor (and the other Soni Defendants) from July 9, 2019 through December 11, 2024. The proof of claim was signed by Mr. Mead on the Mead Firm’s behalf, asserted a general unsecured claim against the Debtor in the amount of $97,388.92, and attached evidence in support of the claim, including a copy of the Soni Defendants’ retainer agreement, executed July 9, 2019, and copies of the Mead Firm’s billing statements, the last of which had been emailed to the Soni Defendants on January 6, 2025. On March 7, 2025, this Court, by the Honorable Robert E. Grossman3, issued a memorandum decision [ECF No. 50] (the “Memorandum Decision”) granting partial summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff 4, subject to a later entry of judgment upon proper motion to further

amend the complaint. On May 2, 2025, after Plaintiff filed and served its Second Amended Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial [ECF No. 40-4] (the “Second Amended Complaint”), dated March 25, 2025, the Court granted Plaintiff’s motion to amend the complaint [ECF No. 51]. On July 3, 2025, Plaintiff moved for a default judgment on the remaining causes of action in the Second Amended Complaint — namely, the first, fifth, sixth, and seventh causes of action — and

3 The Adversary Proceeding and the Debtor’s main bankruptcy proceeding were reassigned to the Honorable Sheryl P. Giugliano by administrative order entered September 5, 2025 [ECF No. 91; Bankruptcy Case docket, ECF No. 202]. 4 The Memorandum Decision recognized that while plaintiff New Falls may have commenced the litigation that became the Adversary Proceeding, Mark A. Frankel, the chapter 7 trustee of the Debtor’s estate, effectively “stepp[ed] into the shoes of New Falls under [11 U.S.C.] § 544” as the Plaintiff herein. See Memorandum Decision, p. 2.

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