In Re:: Fee Auditor'S Final Report - Page 1
In Re:: Fee Auditor'S Final Report - Page 1
In Re:: Fee Auditor'S Final Report - Page 1
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FEE AUDITORS FINAL REPORT REGARDING THE FEE APPLICATION WITH NO FEE OR EXPENSE ISSUES FOR THE SECOND INTERIM PERIOD This is the final report of Warren H. Smith & Associates, P.C., acting in its capacity as fee auditor in the above-captioned bankruptcy proceedings, regarding the Interim Fee Application of the firm for which we have no fee or expense issues for the Second Interim Period (the Application). BACKGROUND 1. Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP (Deloitte), was retained as financial
advisors to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors. In the Application, Deloitte seeks approval of fees totaling $46,624.50, and costs totaling $2,648.95 for its services from June 1, 2009 through August 31, 2009 (the Application Period). 2. In conducting this audit and reaching the conclusions and recommendations
contained herein, we reviewed in detail the Application in its entirety, including each of the time and expense entries included in the exhibits to the Application, for compliance with Local Rule 2016-2 of the Local Rules of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Amended Effective December 1, 2009, and the United States Trustee Guidelines for Reviewing Applications for Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses Filed Under 11 U.S.C. 330, Issued January 30,
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1996, (the "Guidelines"), as well as for consistency with precedent established in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. DISCUSSION 3. We have no objections to, or issues with, the Application. CONCLUSION 4. Thus, for the Application Period, we recommend approval of all fees and costs for
the following applicant, as follows: a. Deloitte - fees totaling $46,624.50 and costs totaling $2,648.95.
By: Warren H. Smith Texas State Bar No. 18757050 325 North St. Paul Street Suite 1250 Dallas, Texas 75201 214-698-3868 214-722-0081 (fax) [email protected] FEE AUDITOR
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document has been served by First Class United States mail to the attached service list on this 3rd day of March, 2010.
Warren H. Smith
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SERVICE LIST Notice Parties The Applicant Curtis A. McClam Ramesh Swamy Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP 350 South Grand Avenue Ste. 200 Los Angeles, CA 90071 United States Trustee Office of the United States Trustee 844 N. King Street, Room 2207 Lock Box 35 Wilmington, DE 19801 Counsel to the Debtors Laura Davis Jones, Esq. James E. ONeill, Esq. Kathleen P. Makowski, Esq. Pachulski Stang Ziehl & LLP 919 North Market Street, 17th Floor P.O. Box 8705 Wilmington DE 19899 Counsel to the Debtors Ian S. Fredericks, Esq. Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP One Rodney Square P.O. Box 636 Wilmington, DE 19899 Special Counsel to the Debtors Penelope Parmes, Esq. Rutan & Tucker, LLP 611 Anton Boulevard 14th Floor Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Canadian Counsel to the Debtors Jensen Lunny MacInnes Law Corporation H.C. Ritchie Clark, Q.C. P.O. Box 12077 Suite 2550 555 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6B 4N5 Engineering Consultant to the Debtors Mark A. Clemans Millstream Energy, LLC 4918 Menlo Park Drive Sugarland, TX 77479 Special Oil and Gas Transactional Counsel to the Debtors Anthony C. Marino, Esq. Schully, Roberts, Slattery & Marino PLC Energy Centre 1100 Poydras Street, Suite 1800, New Orleans, LA 70163 Financial Advisor to the Debtors Curtis A. McClam Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP 350 South Grand Ave, Ste. 200 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Financial Advisor to the Debtors John Rutherford Lazard Freres & Co. LLC 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 61st Floor New York, NY 10020 Co-Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors David B. Stratton, Esq. James C. Carignan, Esq. Pepper Hamilton LLP Hercules Plaza, Suite 1500 1313 Market Street Wilmington, DE 19899
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Co-Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors Filiberto Agusti, Esq. Steven Reed, Esq. Joshua Taylor, Esq. Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036
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