Case No. 01-16034 (AJG), Jointly Administered
May 2, 2003
ORDER GRANTING (A) APPLICATIONS FOR ALLOWANCE OF INTERIM COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES AND (B) FINAL APPLICATION OF URS CORP. FOR COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES
ARTHUR J. GONZALEZ, United States Bankruptcy Judge
Upon the (a) Applications for Allowance of Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses (the "Interim Applications") for professional services rendered and expenses incurred and (b) the First and Final Application of URS Corp., Permitting Consultants for the Debtors, for Allowance of Compensation for Services Rendered and for Reimbursement of Expenses from December 2, 2001 through August, 2002, dated October 17, 2002 (the "URS Application"); and the Fee Committee appointed by the Court, together with its retained professionals, having (1) reviewed the Applications and the respective supporting documentation, (2) met or discussed with the respective applicants the amounts requested and appropriateness of certain of the fees and expenses requested and (3) issued reports with respect to the Applications and the amounts requested therein (the "Reports"); and the amounts requested in certain of the Applications having been reduced or deferred on account of issues or positions set forth in the Reports; and notice having been given pursuant to Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 2002(a)(6) and (c)(2); and a response having been filed by FTI Consulting, Inc., as Successor to the Business Recovery Services Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; and a hearing having been held before this Court to consider the Applications on May 1, 2003; and due consideration having been given to any responses thereto; and sufficient cause having been shown therefore, it is hereby:
The Interim Applications and the URS Application are herein collectively referred to as the "Applications".
ORDERED that the Interim Applications are GRANTED to the extent set forth in the attached Schedule A; and it is further
ORDERED that the URS Application is GRANTED to the extent set forth in Schedule A and no holdback to the fees requested in the URS Application shall be applied.
SCHEDULE A(1)
INTERIM AND FINAL COMPENSATION REQUESTED
SCHEDULE A(2) ALL FEE PERIODS
FEES EXPENSES ALLOWED ALLOWED (INCLUDING FEES AND APPLICANT PERIOD FEES FEES HELD FEES HELD PAYABLE BY EXPENSES PAYABLE REQUESTED BACK) BACK DEBTOR REQUESTED BY DEBTOR 1. Andrews Kurth, LLP 4/1/02 — 8/31/02 $7,001,730.95 $7,001,730.95 $700,173.10 $6,301,557.86 $483,821.85 $483,821.85 2. Batchelder Partners 4/1/02 — 8/31/02 $3,992,772.00 $3,992,772.00 $145,000.00 $3,847,772.00 $272,636.02 $272,636.02 (now Relational Advisors, LLP) 3. Ernst Young Corporate Finance 4/1/02 — 8/31/02 $2,157,142.50 $2,157,142.50 $215,714.25 $1,941,428.25 $190,517.79 $190,517.79 4. Ernst Young LLP 4/1/02 — 8/31/02 $4,325,409.75 $4,325,409.75 $432,540.98 $3,892,868.78 $362,142.00 $362,142.00 5. Fergus, a Law Firm 4/1/02 — 8/31/02 $529,598.25 $529,598.25 $52,959.83 $476,638.43 $48,049.06 $48,049.06 6. Goodin, MacBride, Squeri, Ritchie Day LLP 4/1/02 — 8/31/02 $41,607.25 $41,607.25 $4,160.73 $37,446.53 $6,301.46 $6,301.46 7. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley McCloy, LLP 4/1/02 — 8/31/02 $13,238,226.83 $13,238,226.83 $1,323,822.68 $11,914,404.15 $1,039,510.60 $1,039,510.60 8. Miller Thomson (all amounts in CDN) 12/10/01 — 2/25/02 $73,389.60 $73,389.60 $7,338.96 $66,050.64 $7,218.53 $7,218.53 9. McClain Siegel, LLP 4/2/02 — 8/31/02 $294,620.62 $294,620.62 $29,462.06 $265,158.56 $18,805.83 $18,805.83 10. FTI Consulting, Inc., as Successor to the Business Recovery Services Practice of 4/1/02 — 8/31/02 $10,117,971.71 $10,117,971.71 $1,011,797.17 $9,106,174.54 $1,067,002.42 $1,067,002.42 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 11. Togut, Segal Segal, LLP 4/1/02 — 8/31/02 $1,944,662.53 $1,944,662.53 $194,466.25 $1,750,196.28 $120,262.88 $120,262.88 12. URS Corp. 12/2/01 — 8/31/02 $730,681.49 $730,681.49 -0- $730,681.49 $168,173.36 $168,173.36 13. Weil, Gotshal Manges LLP 4/1/02 — 8/31/02 $24,822,497.70 $24,822,497.70 $2,482,249.77 $22,340,247.93 $2,052,970.85 $2,052,970.85 14. Wilmer, Cutler Pickering 12/2/01 — 3/31/02 $3,733,701.56 $3,733,701.56 $373,370.16 $3,360,331.40 $470,828.40 $470,828.40 15. Wilmer, Cutler Pickering 4/1/02 — 8/31/02 $152,368.50 $152,368.50 $15,236.85 $137,131.65 $161,748.58 $161,748.58 TOTAL TOTAL FEES EXPENSES TOTAL PAID/TO BE TOTAL AWARDED AND FEES PAID BY TOTAL FEES EXPENSES PAID/TO BE PAID APPLICANT REQUESTED DEBTOR HELD BACK REQUESTED BY DEBTOR 1. Andrews Kurth, LLP $13,390,659.90 $12,051,593.91 $1,339,065.99 $663,899.46 $663,899.46 2. Batchelder Partners, Inc. $5,800,000.00 $5,520,000.00 $280,000.00 $521,570.88 $521,570.88 3. Blackstone Group LP $1,300,000.00 $1,170,000.00 $130,000.00 $145,024.83 $145,024.83 4. Cadwalader, Wickersham Taft $882,620.80 $794,358.72 $88,262.08 $82,736.95 $82,736.95 5. Ernst Young Corporate Finance LLC $3,663,376.59 $3,297,038.93 $366,337.66 $305,390.79 $305,390.79 6. Ernst Young LLP $7,100,436.75 $6,390,393.08 $710,043.68 $604,306.00 $604,306.00 7. Fergus $770,897.25 $693,807.53 $77,089.73 $78,985.70 $78,985.70 8. Goodin, MacBride, Squeri, Ritchie Day LLP $104,946.50 $94,451.85 $10,494.65 $10,445.13 $10,445.13 9. Harrison J. Goldin and Goldin Associates, LLC $221,848.00 $199,663.20 $22,184.80 $33,845.39 $33,845.39 10. Kaye Scholer LLP $214,434.10 $192,990.69 $21,443.41 $5,795.09 $5,795.09 11. LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene MacRae $3,276,432.75 $2,948,789.48 $327,643.28 $99,058.23 $99,058.23 12. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley McCloy, LLP $21,247,413.30 $19,122,671.97 $2,124,741.33 $1,561,245.73 $1,561,245.73 13. Miller Thomson (all amounts in CDN) $73,389.60 $66,050.64 $7,338.96 $7,218.53 $7,218.53 14. McClain Siegel, LLP $294,620.62 $265,158.56 $29,462.06 $18,805.83 $18,805.83 15. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and FTI Consulting, Inc. (as successor in interest to the Business Recovery Practice of Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP) $15,973,976.33 $14,376,578.70 $1,597,397.63 $1,633,140.15 $1,633,140.15 16. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager Flom, LLP $5,822,198.25 $5,239,978.43 $582,219.83 $470,792.00 $470,792.00 17. Squire, Sanders Dempsey L.L.P. $1,068,349.58 $961,514.62 $106,834.96 $92,588.26 $92,588.26 18. Susman Godfrey, LLP $172,477.50 $155,229.75 $17,247.75 $7,341.59 $7,341.59 19. Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP $2,111,037.00 $1,899,933.30 $211,103.70 $192,723.00 $192,723.00 20. Togut, Segal Segal, LLP $3,514,871.78 $3,163,384.60 $351,487.18 $207,149.89 $207,149.89 21. URS Corp. $730,681.49 $730,681.49 -0- $168,173.36 $168,173.36 22. Weil, Gotshal Manges LLP $48,077,654.40 43,269,888.96 $4,807,765.44 $3,973,813.92 $3,973,813.92 23. Wilmer Cutler Pickering $3,886,070.06 $3,497,463.05 $388,607.01 $632,576.98 $632,576.98