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size='3'>ABI’S NEWEST PUBLICATION PROVIDES POINTERS
FOR ATTORNEYS LOOKING TO BE RETAINED AS DEBTOR COUNSEL
May 7, 2008,
Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI)
newest publication, Retention and Payment: Essentials of Being
Retained and Paid as Debtor’s Counsel in Chapter 11, is a
must-read for attorneys who may be generally unfamiliar with the chapter
11 process, but find themselves representing chapter 11 debtors.
Retention and Payment provides important practice pointers on
obtaining court approval of the retention as debtor's bankruptcy counsel
and obtaining court approval to be paid for services rendered to the
debtor. It also contains samples of an engagement letter, a retention
application and associated documents, and a fee application. Co-authored
byH. Slayton Dabney Jr., an attorney at King & Spalding LLP
who has extensive experience with retention issues, the handbook
provides an overview of significant issues chapter 11 counsel may
encounter in navigating the retention and payment process.
The 102-page softbound manual
is available for purchase ($25 ABI members; $45 non-members) at
ABI’s Online Bookstore. Click here to order.
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education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to
provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy
issues. The ABI membership includes more than 11,700 attorneys,
accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround
specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for
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