Big Law Firms Urge Court to Reject 'Unfinished Business' in Howrey Bankruptcy
The D.C. appeals court is looking at the "unfinished business" doctrine at the request of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Howrey's bankruptcy trustee sued several law firms, saying the defunct firm is entitled to fees from matters that departed partners brought with them to their new firms.
December 17, 2018 at 04:32 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
Weighing a key issue in the bankruptcy of the now-defunct law firm Howrey, a Washington, D.C., appeals court on Monday grappled with competing views on whether dissolved law firms can claim a portion of hourly fees from matters that departed partners brought to a new firm.
A panel at the District of Columbia Court of Appeals—comprised of Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, Associate Judge Corinne Beckwith and Senior Judge Vanessa Ruiz—heard oral arguments pitting Howrey's bankruptcy trustee, Allan Diamond, against several large law firms that hired former Howrey partners around the time of the firm's dissolution in 2011.
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