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Subscribe to All OpinionsJudge Jack B. Schmetterer
April 20, 2012
Bankruptcy No.: 09-B-73096
Adversary No.: 10-A-96094
Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar
Judge Janet S. Baer
April 9, 2012
11 B 25828
Counsel for the Debtor filed an amended fee application in this small-business Chapter 13 case. Notwithstanding counsel’s agreement to the flat fee pursuant to the Court-Approved Retention Agreement, he sought approval of a fee of $14,550, which was $11,050 over the court-authorized flat fee. The issue before the Court was whether this case presented “extraordinary circumstances” that would warrant the additional fee. In reviewing both the history of activity in this case and counsel’s itemized time records, the Court found certain services to be extraordinary and others to be ordinary and within the scope of services contemplated by the Court-Approved Retention Agreement. The Court granted additional fees of $3,630 for extraordinary services and denied fees in excess of the $3,500 flat fee for the remaining services.
Chief Judge Bruce W. Black
02 B 07378, 04 A 02327
332 B.R. 166