Sixteen months after Howrey dissolved, the firm’s bankrupt estate has finally turned its attention to former partners and the firms that now employ them in hopes of raising revenue to help repay creditors.

In a filing submitted Monday, Howrey trustee Allan Diamond requested San Francisco U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali’s approval to subpoena 70 law firms for information related to how much work they received when they collectively hired at least 211 Howrey partners in the months before and after the firm’s demise.

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