Kirkland & Ellis v. Halas

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, the law firm of Kirkland and Ellis, sought $957,099.05 in attorney fees and $24,359.08 in costs for its representation of the executor and trustee for the estate of decedent George S. Halas, Jr. Objections to the petition were filed by respondents A. Gerson Miller, as successor executor of decedent’s estate; Christine D. and Stephen G. Halas, decedent’s minor children and beneficiaries under decedent’s testamentary trusts; and Therese M. Halas, decedent’s former spouse, as both an individual and as former guardian of the…