In Re Westwood Shake & Shingle, Inc.

971 F.2d 387 Bankr. L. Rep. P 74,927 In re WESTWOOD SHAKE & SHINGLE, INC., Debtor. SECURITY PACIFIC BANK WASHINGTON, formerly known as Rainier National Bank, Appellant, v. Robert D. STEINBERG, Trustee, Appellee. No. 91-35174. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 9, 1992. Decided July 30, 1992. Armand J. Kornfeld, Culp, Guterson & Grader, Seattle, Wash., for appellant. Chris R. Youtz, Sirianni & Youtz, Seattle, Wash., for appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before: ALARCON, RYMER, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. ALARCON, Circuit Judge: 1 Security Pacific Bank Washington ("Security Pacific") appeals from the district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's order appointing the law firm of Sirianni & Youtz ("Sirianni") as special counsel to the trustee of debtor Westwood Shake & Shingle, Inc. ("Westwood") in the state court litigation instituted by Security Pacific against Westwood and its principals, Steven Yonich and Pamela Yonich. 2 Security Pacific seeks reversal on the ground that the record discloses a conflict of interest between Sirianni's duty to the…