Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes has appointed Robert M. Fishman of the law firm Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin, LLC in Chicago as fee examiner in Detroit’s chapter 9 case, according to an order entered by the court yesterday. Fishman, a former ABI president (1997-98), will be tasked with ensuring that the city’s professional fee expenses are fully disclosed and reasonable, and was given an Aug. 30, 2013, deadline for filing a Notice of Proposed Fee Review Order with the court. In addition, the Judge Rhodes appointed Soneet R. Kapila of Kapila & Company in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., to assist Fishman as needed. “In accepting this appointment as the fee examiner in the City of Detroit case, my objectives are to assist in the creation of an open environment for the disclosure of the fees and expenses of the various professionals being paid by the city and to assure the court, the city, the creditors and the public that the professional fees are reasonable,” said Fishman. The deadline for any objections to the Proposed Fee Review Order is Sept. 6, 2013; the court will then hold a hearing on the Order on Sept. 10, 2013.
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