Applications of Kurtzman

DECISION ON RETENTION OF ATTORNEYS FOR TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO 11 U.S.C. § 827(d)

JEREMIAH E. BERK, Bankruptcy Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Eric C. Kurtzman, Chapter 7 Trustee, (“Trustee Kurtzman”) seeks to retain the law firm of which he is a member, Kurtzman, Cohen, Matera & Gurock (the “Kurtzman firm”), as attorneys for himself as trustee, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 327(d), in thirteen bankruptcy estates. 1 Hearings on this most-recent batch of retention applications were held on June 17, 1997, August 21, 1997 and October 14,1997. For the reasons stated on the record at these and prior hearings, the…