Case No. 01-16034 (AJG), Jointly Administered.
June 28, 2005
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATIONS OF ANDREWS KURTH L.L.P.; BLANK ROME LLP; AND CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM TAFT LLP FOR ALLOWANCE OF INTERIM COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES
ARTHUR GONZALEZ, Bankruptcy Judge
Upon the Applications for Allowance of Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses (the "Applications") for professional services rendered and expenses incurred by certain professionals listed on Schedule A(1); 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 (each a "Report" and collectively, 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 hearing having been held before this Court to consider the Applications on June 23, 2005; and sufficient cause having been shown therefor, it is hereby:
ORDERED that the Applications are GRANTED to the extent set forth in the attached Schedule A.
INTERIM COMPENSATION PERIOD EXPENSES FEES ALLOWED ALLOWED AND APPLICANT PERIOD DOCKET FEES AND PAYABLE BY EXPENSES PAYABLE BY NUMBER(S) REQUESTED REORGANIZED REQUESTED fn1 REORGANIZED DEBTOR DEBTOR SCHEDULE A(1) s/ AJG, USBJ 6/28/05 ALL FEE PERIODS TOTAL FEES TOTAL EXPENSES ALLOWED AND TOTAL ALLOWED AND APPLICANT TOTAL FEES PAID/TO BE PAID EXPENSES PAID/TO BE PAID BY REQUESTED BY REORGANIZED REQUESTED REORGANIZED DEBTOR DEBTOR SCHEDULE A(2) s/ AJG, USBJ 6/28/05
As requested or as voluntarily reduced or deferred subsequent to the filing of the interim fee application.
Includes amounts approved by the Court as of this date, including the amounts approved in this Order.
Amounts approved beginning with the third interim compensation period, September 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002.
Amounts approved for the first and second interim compensation periods, encompassing December 21, 2001 through August 31, 2002.
Amounts approved beginning with the third interim compensation period, September 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002.
1. Andrews Kurth L.L.P. Jan. 1, 2003 — Apr. 30, 2003 11679 $1,369,141.63 $1,369,141.63 $91,489.48 $91,489.48 2. Andrews Kurth L.L.P. May 1, 2003 — Aug. 31, 2003 14150 $575,738.58 $575,738.58 $28,902.93 $28,902.93 3. Andrews Kurth L.L.P. Sept. 1, 2003 — Dec. 31, 2003 16873 $152,058.30 $152,058.30 $12,972.77 $12,972.77 4. Andrews Kurth L.L.P. Jan. 1, 2004 — Apr. 30, 2004 19708 $19,193.26 $19,193.26 ($12,609.61) ($12,609.61) 5. Blank Rome LLP Jan. 1, 2003 — 21742 (f/k/a Dyer Ellis Dec. 31, 2003 $256,891.36 $256,891.36 $10,848.93 $10,848.93 Joseph P.C.) 6. Blank Rome LLP Jan. 1, 2004 — 21744 (f/k/a Dyer Ellis July 15, 2004 $379,418.89 $379,418.89 $23,491.00 $23,491.00 Joseph P.C.) 7. Cadwalader, Jan. 1, 2004 — 19762 Wickersham Taft April 30, 2004 $3,263,722.55 $3,263,722.55 $297,714.53 $297,714.53 LLP 8. Cadwalader, May 1, 2004 — 21714 Wickersham Taft July 15, 2004 $2,051,105.84 $2,051,105.84 $293,627.38 $293,627.38 LLP So Ordered: 1. Alston Bird LLP $68,012,219.35 $68,012,219.35 $15,026,642.86 $15,026,642.86 2. Andrews Kurth, LLP $19,108,851.33 $19,108,851.33 $947,611.90 $947,611.90 3. Arnold Porter $290,428.20 $290,428.20 $14,889.70 $14,889.70 4. Baker Hostetler, L.L.P. $69,766.00 $69,766.00 $1,630.38 $1,630.38 5. Batchelder Partners, Inc. (n/k/a Relational Advisors LLC) $8,987,482.79 $8,987,482.79 $826,526.32 $826,526.32 6. Neal Batson $1,801,251.50 $1,801,251.50 $10,325.95 $10,325.95 7. Professor George Bentson $363,779.00 $363,779.00 $1,502.00 $1,502.00 8. Blackstone Group LP $29,358,337.18 $29,358,337.18 $1,803,684.29 $1,803,684.29 9. Blank Rome LLP (f/k/a Dyer Ellis Joseph P.C.) $1,898,594.50 $1,898,594.50 $107,978.70 $107,978.70 10. Cadwalader, Wickersham Taft LLP $22,231,320.57 $22,231,320.57 $2,379,743.69 $2,379,743.69 11. Charles River Associates Inc. $3,283,295.98 $3,283,295.98 $65,274.27 $65,274.27 12. Cloyses Partners, LLC $71,372.50 $71,372.50 $2,702.80 $2,702.80 13. Connell Foley LLP $593,458.67 $593,458.67 $15,477.11 $15,477.11 So Ordered: 14. Crossroads, LLC $48,487.25 $48,487.25 $0.00 $0.00 15. Ernst Young Corporate Finance LLC $7,731,288.26 $7,731,288.26 $684,918.02 $684,918.02 16. Ernst Young LLP $27,557,999.44 $27,557,999.44 $1,689,258.52 $1,689,258.52 17. Fee Committee Chairman and Professional Staff a. Chairman (Jerry Patchan) $196,725.00 $196,725.00 $34,053.06 $34,053.06 b. Chief Applications Analyst (Si Hopkins) $384,725.00 $384,725.00 $0.00 $0.00 c. Accounting and Financial Applications Analyst (Howard Klein) $115,073.00 $115,073.00 $0.00 $0.00 d. Assistant Applications Analyst (Mary Jansing) $145,800.00 $145,800.00 $3,552.12 $3,552.12 18. Fergus, a law firm $1,441,078.00 $1,441,078.00 $125,778.01 $125,778.01 19. FTI Consulting, Inc. $10,359,014.66 $10,359,014.66 $812,016.03 $812,016.03 20. Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP $18,532.25 $18,532.25 $302.48 $302.48 21. Goodin, MacBride, Squeri, Ritchie Day LLP $191,077.00 $191,077.00 $18,239.61 $18,239.61 22. Harrison J. Goldin and Goldin Associates, LLC $5,067,642.50 $5,067,642.50 $710,268.49 $710,268.49 23. Professor Al Hartgraves $346,920.00 $346,920.00 $88.00 $88.00 24. Hattery Law Offices $723,481.00 $723,481.00 $53,369.01 $53,369.01 25. Philip Hilder Associates, P.C. $255,938.05 $255,938.05 $15,020.10 $15,020.10 26. Houlihan Lokey Howard Zukin Financial Advisors, Inc. $25,327,419.35 $25,327,419.35 $524,327.30 $524,327.30 27. InteCap, Inc. $9,198,864.07 $9,198,864.07 $340,062.82 $340,062.82 28. Kaye Scholer LLP $4,208,390.27 $4,208,390.27 $192,340.03 $192,340.03 29. Kronish Lieb Weiner Hellman, LLP $2,015,962.89 $2,015,962.89 $92,503.97 $92,503.97 30. LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene MacRae $25,013,748.05 $25,013,748.05 $849,684.32 $849,684.32 31. Manatt, Phelps Philips, LLP $255,763.50 $255,763.50 $10,667.17 $10,667.17 32. McKool Smith, PC $12,395,964.13 $12,395,964.13 $918,695.39 $918,695.39 33. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley McCloy, LLP $57,728,671.56 $57,728,671.56 $3,616,420.95 $3,616,420.95 34. Miller Thomson (all amounts in CDN) $83,022.60 $83,022.60 $7,955.45 $7,955.45 35. McClain Siegel, LLP $294,620.62 $294,620.62 $18,805.83 $18,805.83 36. Nathan Associates, Inc. $55,297.50 $55,297.50 $323.57 $323.57 37. Nixon Peabody LLP $29,432.25 $29,432.25 $6,758.10 $6,758.10 38. Patch Incorporated $429,822.50 $429,822.50 $104,444.14 $104,444.14 39. Plante Moran, PLLC $6,132,356.27 $6,132,356.27 $476,803.07 $476,803.07 40. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") (including, for the second interim Compensation Period, FTI $15,973,976.33 $15,973,976.33 $1,633,140.15 $1,633,140.15 Consulting, Inc. as successor in interest to the Business Recovery Practice of PwC) 41. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") $3,485,899.81 $3,485,899.81 $191,280.65 $191,280.65 42. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver Hedges, LLP $171,833.07 $171,833.07 $27,158.94 $27,158.94 43. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager Flom, LLP $30,880,684.03 $30,880,684.03 $1,818,115.08 $1,818,115.08 44. Squire, Sanders Dempsey L.L.P. $35,879,070.16 $35,879,070.16 $10,688,607.16 $10,688,607.16 45. Susman Godfrey, LLP $897,051.24 $897,051.24 $524,795.31 $524,795.31 46. Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP $13,981,848.67 $13,981,848.67 $1,099,055.30 $1,099,055.30 47. Thelen Reid Priest LLP $4,495,494.40 $4,495,494.40 $299,295.16 $299,295.16 48. Tonkon Torp LLP $791,575.96 $791,575.96 $12,043.89 $12,043.89 49. Togut, Segal Segal, LLP $10,198,048.28 $10,198,048.28 $578,255.09 $578,255.09 50. Triad Communication, Inc. $880,553.54 $880,553.54 $102,110.62 $102,110.62 51. URS Corp. $730,681.49 $730,681.49 $168,173.36 $168,173.36 52. Venable LLP $3,701,767.80 $3,701,767.80 $183,875.94 $183,875.94 53. Weil, Gotshal Manges LLP $115,380,217.89 $115,380,217.89 $7,710,671.18 $7,710,671.18 54. Wilmer Cutler Pickering $3,886,070.06 $3,886,070.06 $632,576.98 $632,576.98