Lawyers who worked on the Portland, Ore., Archdiocese bankruptcy case have submitted a legal bill for more than $18 million. The archdiocese declared bankruptcy in 2004 to head off more lawsuits from people claiming they were sexually abused by priests or other employees. Attorneys for the approximately 175 people who filed lawsuits earned an estimated one-third of the $50 million in sex abuse settlements, putting the archdiocese's total payout to lawyers at about $35 million.
August 22, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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Lawyers who worked on the Portland, Ore., archdiocese bankruptcy case have submitted a legal bill for more than $18 million.
The tab includes $10.8 million in fees and $1 million in expenses charged by four law firms representing the archdiocese. The rest are expenses and fees charged by attorneys and experts working for other parties, including a committee of plaintiffs. In Bankruptcy Court, the party seeking protection pays for everyone’s lawyers.
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