Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors Ex Rel. Estate of Labrum & Doak v. Ashdale (In Re Labrum & Doak, LLP)

OPINION

DAVID A. SCHOLL, Chief Judge.

A. INTRODUCTION

Presently before us in the instant bankruptcy case of a dissolved law firm, LAB-RUM & DOAK, LLP (“the Debtor”), is the disposition of an adversary proceeding (“the Proceeding”) instituted by the OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS (“the Committee”), on behalf of the Debtor, to recover certain post-dissolution income earned by the Debtor’s former partners in matters billed on an hourly, non-contingent-fee basis.

Although the original and amended complaints named forty-four (44) alleged former partners as parties, it has been reported that…