The Seattle law firm that represented former Jore Corp. during the Ronan company’s lengthy and contentious bankruptcy in 2001 and 2002 recently was sanctioned by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Ralph Kirscher for not disclosing it had a conflict of interest in the case.
Kirscher ordered the firm, Perkins Coie LLP, to “disgorge” – or pay back to the bankruptcy court – some $624,000 in fees and an undetermined amount of costs the firm received from the bankrupt estate. It also will not be eligible to collect other compensation it billed Jore.
Perkins Coie billed the bankrupt Jore Corp. some $1.6 million in fees for 7,161 hours of legal work and $215,765 in expenses, court records state. Some of the expenses, but none of the fees, may be reimbursed to the law firm if Perkins Coie can show it paid for work the bankruptcy court otherwise would have performed.
The Missoulian.com has the story here. (via New York Lawyer)
The Seattle law firm that represented former Jore Corp. during the Ronan company’s lengthy and contentious bankruptcy in 2001 and 2002 recently was sanctioned by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Ralph Kirscher for not disclosing it had a conflict of interest in the case.
Kirscher ordered the firm, Perkins Coie LLP, to “disgorge” – or pay back to the bankruptcy court – some $624,000 in fees and an undetermined amount of costs the firm received from the bankrupt estate. It also will not be eligible to collect other compensation it billed Jore.
Perkins Coie billed the bankrupt Jore Corp. some $1.6 million in fees for 7,161 hours of legal work and $215,765 in expenses, court records state. Some of the expenses, but none of the fees, may be reimbursed to the law firm if Perkins Coie can show it paid for work the bankruptcy court otherwise would have performed.
The Missoulian.com has the story here. (via New York Lawyer)
The Seattle law firm that represented former Jore Corp. during the Ronan company’s lengthy and contentious bankruptcy in 2001 and 2002 recently was sanctioned by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Ralph Kirscher for not disclosing it had a conflict of interest in the case.
Kirscher ordered the firm, Perkins Coie LLP, to “disgorge” – or pay back to the bankruptcy court – some $624,000 in fees and an undetermined amount of costs the firm received from the bankrupt estate. It also will not be eligible to collect other compensation it billed Jore.
Perkins Coie billed the bankrupt Jore Corp. some $1.6 million in fees for 7,161 hours of legal work and $215,765 in expenses, court records state. Some of the expenses, but none of the fees, may be reimbursed to the law firm if Perkins Coie can show it paid for work the bankruptcy court otherwise would have performed.
The Missoulian.com has the story here. (via New York Lawyer)
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