Legal Opinion
In Re Mercury
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 30, 2002No. 18-13634PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED DECISION DENYING PROFESSIONAL COMPENSATION
AD LAI S. HARDIN, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
Before me is an application by the law firm of Fellows & Hymowitz, P.C. (“F & H”) for professional compensation (a one-third contingency fee) and reimbursement of expenses in connection with the settlement, on behalf of the debtors’ then Chapter 7 Trustee, of a state court personal injury action in which they were counsel of record for debtors Mary and Gary Mercury. The settlement was approved in November 2000 by this Court (Connelly, B.J.) over the bitter objection of both debtors, who then were not…
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