Probably helped to have gone to high school with the judge.

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From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk on behalf of Delaurell, Roxane M
Sent: Tue 5/11/2010 4:19 PM
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Rick-

Having appeared before bankruptcy judges with petitions for attorneys
fees in hand many years ago, I am amazed at the inflation in fees and
attendant charges as evidenced by the article you sent. I will say this,
however, we never got a full request, bankruptcy judges seemed to enjoy
knocking back fee requests although they rarely made you eat costs.
Because everyone knew that that was how the system worked, a certain
amount of padding always went into a petition for fees. The real benefit
in these bankruptcy cases was getting appointed in the first place-only
a select few seemed to get all the big cases.
Happy Summer.....

Roxane DeLaurell JD, LLM, PhD
School of Business
Accounting and Legal Studies
College of Charleston
Beatty Center 424
5 Liberty Street
Charleston, SC 29401

843.953.5358


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Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 8:26 AM
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Friends: Interesting piece in today's NY Times.
Rick

Who Knew Bankruptcy Paid So Well?
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and JULIE CRESWELL
Bankruptcy specialists have been enjoying an
unprecedented boom, but some fees are raising eyebrows.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/business/02workout.html?th&emc=th