Legal Opinion
In Re Commercial Consortium of California
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California
Decided October 22, 1991No. Bankruptcy LA86-10794PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION RE AWARD OF INTERIM COMPENSATION TO ATTORNEYS FOR TRUSTEE
LISA HILL FENNING, Bankruptcy Judge.
Robinson, Diamant, Brill & Klausner (the “Firm”), court-appointed counsel for the chapter 7 trustee, has applied for an interim payment of attorney fees accrued during the first four years of this case. The amount requested reflects current billing rates, rather than the billing rates in effect at the time the services were rendered. The United States Trustee objects to the use of current billing rates as an unwarranted fee enhancement in violation of the “lodestar” standards governing fee…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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