Getting Paid: Retention and Compensation in Bankruptcy Cases

by C.R. Bowles

Overview

This updated version of ABI's handbook on retention and fee issues for non-attorney professionals discusses the various aspects of the professional retention process of 11 U.S.C. Sections 327 and 1103 and the fee payment procedures of 11 U.S.C. Sections 330 and 331. The First Edition was written by six experienced bankruptcy practitioners with non-attorney professionals and their counsel in mind, and this Second Edition provides updated practical advice on a wide range of issues, including the question of who is deemed a "professional" in terms of requiring bankruptcy court approval for employment, drafting of engagement agreements, and the filing and defense of interim and final fee applications. Getting Paid: Retention and Compensation in Bankruptcy Cases - A Guide for Non-Attorney Professionals,Second Edition is a must-read for anyone who plans to work for debtors or committees in a bankruptcy proceeding.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014722674
Publisher:	American Bankruptcy Institute
Publication date:	06/20/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	357 KB

About the Author

C.R. “Chip” Bowles, Jr. is a member of the law firm of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC in Louisville, Ky., where he concentrates his practice in the areas of distressed-asset sales, professional compensation, representation of nonattorney professionals and debtor and creditor rights. Prior to serving as law clerk to the Hon. Henry H. Dickinson, he was an associate with the law firm of Porter, Wright, Morris and Author in Cincinnati. Mr. Bowles is a director of ABI, was the chair of ABI’s Chapter 11 Professional Fee Study and is a contributing editor of the ABI Journal. He formerly served as co-chair of ABI’s Professional Compensation Committee. Mr. Bowles lectures and writes extensively on bankruptcy law and is co-author of “The Sale of the Century or a Fraud on Creditors? The Fiduciary Duty of Trustees and Debtors in Possession in Relation to the ‘Sale’ of a Debtor’s Assets in Bankruptcy,” 28 U. Mem. L. Rev. 781 (Spring 1998); “Has the DIP’s Attorney Become the Ultimate Creditors’ Lawyer in Bankruptcy Reorganization Cases?,” ABI L.R. (Summer 1997); and “What the Bankruptcy Code Giveth, Congress Taketh Away: The Dischargeability of Domestic Obligations after the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994,” 34 Journal of Family Law 521 (1996). He is the past editor of The Broken Bench and Bar, the newsletter of the Kentucky Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section.