August 20, 2012
Bankrupt Howrey LLP's trustee told a California bankruptcy court on Monday that paying off creditors will require the recovery of major contingency fees and going after ex-partners who received distributions when the firm was insolvent or took their unfinished business to new firms.
July 18, 2012
A California federal judge on Wednesday gave Howrey LLP's bankruptcy trustee the go-ahead to subpoena 70 law firms that hired former Howrey partners, including Jones Day and Latham & Watkins LLP, in order to analyze the defunct firm's assets.
October 11, 2011
The acting U.S. trustee in Howrey LLP's bankruptcy case on Friday selected Houston attorney Allan Diamond to serve as the fallen law firm's Chapter 11 trustee.
September 21, 2011
A California bankruptcy judge on Wednesday granted Citibank NA's motion to appoint a trustee to oversee Howrey LLP's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings after Citibank raised concerns about the defunct firm's ability to repay the $49 million it still owes the bank.
September 16, 2011
Citibank NA asked a California bankruptcy judge Friday to convert the Chapter 11 liquidation of Howrey LLP to Chapter 7 and require a trustee to oversee the wind-down, citing an impasse in negotiations between the now-dissolved law firm and its biggest creditor.
July 12, 2011
Citibank NA on Monday objected to defunct Howrey LLP's bid to have a California bankruptcy court back an employee retention plan that would pay bonuses to nearly half of its remaining employees, calling the move premature and one that could be harmful to creditors.
June 24, 2011
A bankruptcy judge in California on Wednesday moved Howrey LLP one step closer to dissolution, authorizing the fallen law firm to reject leases on 16 abandoned offices across the U.S.
June 07, 2011
A California bankruptcy judge cleared Howrey LLP on Monday to convert its involuntary Chapter 7 case into a voluntary Chapter 11, and the defunct law firm quickly began efforts to wind down its operations.
June 06, 2011
Dissolved law firm Howrey LLP asked a California federal court on Monday to convert its involuntary Chapter 7 case into a voluntary Chapter 11.