Legal Opinion
Barron & Newburger, P.C. v. Texas Skyline, Ltd. (In Re Woerner)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 9, 2015No. 13-50075PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*268EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns a bankruptcy court’s order reducing the fees a debtor’s counsel received under 11 U.S.C. § 330. On May 13, 2010, on the eve of a major state-court judgment against him, Debtor Clifford Woerner1 filed'a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Appellant Barron & Newburger (“B & N”), a law firm, represented.- Woerner in his Chapter 11 bankruptcy. On April ■ 20, 2011, the bankruptcy court converted the case to Chapter 7.
Its services terminated, B & N filed an application for fees in excess of $130,000. The bankruptcy court…
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