Oops. Partner’s No-Show at Hearing Doesn’t Help WilmerHale Client’s Cause

It's a standard question at court hearings: Who represents a company involved in the case?

The answer was a deafening silence on Monday at a routine U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearing in Manhattan, reports the Bankruptcy Beat blog of the Wall Street Journal.

Judge Robert Gerber wasn't pleased, the newspaper reports, even though the bankrupt company's counsel reached WilmerHale partner and firm bankruptcy practice chair Andrew Goldman during a court recess.

Goldman, who is representing PricewaterhouseCoopers, which planned to act as lead bidder in an auction of a BearingPoint Inc. unit, got in touch with the court by phone.

"But at that point, Gerber was a lost cause," the newspaper recounts.

Goldman didn't respond to a Bankrupcy Beat request for comment.