Attorney Fees
Weil Seeks $100M in Lehman Case, Identifies Hardest Working Associate
Posted Aug 20, 2009 6:44 AM CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
Weil, Gotshal & Manges is seeking more than $100 million in legal fees and expenses for its work in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy case.
The law firm’s second fee application would put it over the $100 million mark in total billings, when hold back payments are included, the Am Law Daily reports. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James Peck recently approved the firm’s first application for about $55 million in fees and expenses.
The new application seeks payment for 86,000 hours of work from February through May, breaking down to about 700 hours a day, seven days a week, according to the publication.
The article includes these “notes of interest”: The filing seeks $67,000 in meal reimbursements. And the lawyer who worked the most hours during the four-month period is bankruptcy associate Sunny Singh, who put in about 988 hours—breaking down to about eight hours a day, seven days a week.
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Comments
B. McLeod
Aug 20, 2009 7:04 AM CST
And their eyes they brightly gleam,
As though billing in a dream,
And the songs the wee folks sing,
Are the songs they Singh at milking.
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Publicus Maximus
Aug 20, 2009 8:21 AM CST
And what did she do in her spare time?
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Rath
Aug 20, 2009 3:24 PM CST
(Sung to the tune of Time After Time)
Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick and think of you.
Caught up in lawsuits, insomnia is nothing new.
Downstairs at midnight it’s coffee time.
Read a briefcase of documents.
I’m billing time.
Sometimes you call me up and beg me for free advice…
You’re stealing from me, and wondering why I’m not nice…
My mind and my time—are my merchandise.
Don’t make me say this twice:
If you come to my office or call my phone, I’m billing time.
If you stop me at parties to whine and moan, I’m billing time.
You say you want the best but then you don’t pay the fee.
Motions cost money, but you think they should be free.
You cry “Oh why, is my bill so high?”
Well let me clarify:
If you come to my office or call my phone, I’m billing time.
If you stop me at parties to whine and moan, I’m billing time.
If I think of you when I am all alone, I’m billing time.
If you’re late for appointments, I will be waiting…..and billing time.
Still billing time…
I’m billing time.
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B. McLeod
Aug 21, 2009 11:23 PM CST
Bravo! I look forward to more regular posters getting into the spirit. If anyone is looking for the germ of an idea, I suggest the title, “Billing me softly, with their Singh.”
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