During the final six months before its dissolution, Dewey & LeBoeuf billed $4.6 million in fees and expenses for work as special counsel to bankrupt American Airlines parent company AMR Corp., American Law Daily reported today. Now, AMR attorneys are trying to trim $644,000 off that bill, citing what they view as unnecessary diligence completed by a partner as he prepared to leave then-foundering Dewey, as well as overpriced FedEx bills and charges for first-year associates prohibited by a contract covering the assignment. In an eight-page objection filed on Sept. 5, AMR lays out the allegedly extraneous charges submitted by Dewey, which represented the airline in several litigation and antitrust matters unrelated to the bankruptcy. A hearing on the objections is scheduled for September 12.
