May 12, 2014
A group of Howrey LLP unsecured creditors urged a California bankruptcy judge on Saturday to block the $4.2 million settlement between the now-defunct firm's trustee and former equity partners, arguing that the court needs to decide whether to remove the trustee first.
May 09, 2014
A group of Howrey LLP unsecured creditors on Thursday asked a California bankruptcy judge to remove the Chapter 11 trustee from the fallen firm's case, saying his law firm's recent hire of an attorney who the creditors say represents them in the bankruptcy creates a conflict.
May 06, 2014
A group of former Howrey LLP equity partners will pay the firm's Chapter 11 trustee $4.2 million to resolve pending clawback claims, a deal that the trustee says could lead to additional settlements with other partners.
March 31, 2014
The trustee for defunct law firm Howrey LLP launched an adversary suit in California bankruptcy court on Friday against Perkins Coie LLP, looking to claw back proceeds from unfinished business brought to Perkins Coie by former Howrey partners.
March 25, 2014
The Chapter 11 trustee for Howrey LLP on Tuesday announced in California bankruptcy court a settlement with Crowell & Moring LLP resolving a dispute over the proceeds of unfinished client matters that a former Howrey partner brought to Crowell when Howrey collapsed.
February 25, 2014
The trustee for folded law firm Howrey LLP launched an adversary complaint in a California federal court against Reed Smith LLP on Tuesday, seeking to recover money made by former Howrey lawyers when they took their unfinished business to Reed Smith.
February 20, 2014
The trustee for folded law firm Howrey LLP reached a settlement with several former partners over more than $500,000 that was paid to them after the firm was insolvent, according to a deal filed in California federal court Thursday.
December 05, 2013
The trustee for folded law firm Howrey LLP launched an adversary complaint in a California court against Seyfarth Shaw LLP on Wednesday, seeking to recover money made by former Howrey lawyers when they took their unfinished business to Seyfarth.
October 22, 2013
Covington & Burling LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Shearman & Sterling LLP and former Howrey LLP attorneys who joined the firms have agreed to pay Howrey's Chapter 11 trustee roughly $2 million to settle unfinished-business litigation, according to filings in California bankruptcy court on Monday and Tuesday.
September 13, 2013
The Chapter 11 trustee in Howrey LLP's bankruptcy on Thursday asked a California bankruptcy judge to approve a $10,000 settlement with Paul Hastings LLP in a suit alleging that it, among other firms, never delivered on payments made by Howrey.