Legal Opinion
In Re Larsen
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine
Decided January 4, 1996No. 15-20271PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
JAMES B. HAINES, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
In this Chapter 7 case, Burton Shiro and the firm of Shiro and Shiro (collectively “Shiro” or “Attorney Shiro”) seek compensation for pre-conversion services rendered as debtors’ Chapter 11 counsel. As was the Chapter 11 case itself, the fee application is shot through with disabling inadequacies. For the reasons set forth below, all compensation will be denied and only $800.00 of $1,165.32 in expense reimbursements sought will be approved. As a consequence, Attorney Shiro must disgorge $8,800.00 previously paid him as a retainer by…
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