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§ 330(a)(1)(A)

C2R Global Mfg., In re

Ruling
Chapter 11 debtor's reduced request for interim fees approved as the compensation sought wasreasonable. (Bankr. E.D. Wis.)
Issue(s)
Compensation of Officers; Determination of Amount; Awards to Trustees,

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on December 30, 2019 , LexisNexis #0220-030

KOBA Limited Partnership, In re

Ruling
Fees charged for the services rendered by counsel to the estate were reasonable as the serviceswere necessary. (Bankr. D.N.M.)
Issue(s)
Compensation of Officers; Determination of Amount; Awards to Trustees,

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on September 30, 2019 , LexisNexis #1119-076

Howard, In re

Ruling
Counsel was entitled to fees for services that were reasonable and necessary to benefit thedebtor toward completion of his case. (Bankr. E.D. Wis.)
Issue(s)
Compensation of Officers; Determination of Amount; Awards to Trustees,

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 22, 2019 , LexisNexis #0519-050

Johnson, In re

Ruling
Counsel's fees and expenses incurred from the effort to convert debtor's case was disallowedas it was for the benefit of the debtor and not the estate. (Bankr. S.D. Ohio)
Issue(s)
Compensation of Officers; Determination of Amount; Awards to Trustees, Examiners or Professional Persons; Reasonable Compensation.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 28, 2017 , LexisNexis #0418-003

In re Red Door Lounge Inc.

Ruling
Debtor's application for approval of employment of law firm granted over U.S. Trustee's objection to paralegal rates.
Issue(s)
Where debtor filed an amended application to approve employment of professional, the U.S. Trustee (UST) objected to the reasonableness of the hourly billing rates for the law firm's paralegals under 11 U.S.C.S. § 330(a)(1)(A).

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on February 12, 2016 , LexisNexis #0316-007

In re Robb

Ruling
Supplemental fee application of debtor's attorney granted despite resulting failure of plan to fund.
Issue(s)
Was debtor's attorney entitled to supplemental fee that would cause the failure of debtor's chapter 13 plan to fund if allowed.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 06, 2014 , LexisNexis #0214-002

In re Kohlruss

Ruling
Trustee's attorneys' fee application approved with reduction for services that properly should have been performed by trustee.
Procedural posture

Pending in this chapter 7 bankruptcy case was the Trustee's Application for Final Compensation of Attorney and Reimbursement of Expenses, which requested an award of attorney fees in the amount of $5,130 plus reimbursement of expenses in the amount of $81.01. An objection was filed by creditor and debtor's former spouse on the grounds the attorney was requesting professional fees for travel and performing trustee tasks.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 02, 2013 , LexisNexis #0113-073

In re Tobis

Ruling
Attorneys' one-third contingency fee for litigation of state court claims that were property of the estate approved.
Procedural posture

The court previously granted the bankruptcy trustee's application for court approval to employ applicant law firm to represent the trustee for the purpose of litigating certain state court claims that were property of the debtors' bankruptcy estate. The law firm applied for approval of payment of an attorney fee calculated as one-third of the $ 29,178.24 gross settlement proceeds from the trustee's compromise of the state court claims.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 01, 2009 , LexisNexis #0709-134