Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr did not speak about filing for Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy in his first meetings with Michigan state officials before he was named to his post, according to testimony he delivered on the third day of the city's bankruptcy eligibility trial, Reuters reported on Friday. Orr's testimony came in the last 50 minutes of Friday's session, which offered only a brief glimpse of what may be the most critical testimony as Detroit seeks to establish a case that it is bankrupt and has a right to work out its stark financial problems under protection of a bankruptcy court. Orr said that he first met with Gov. Rick Snyder's staff on Jan. 29 when representing his former law firm, Jones Day, as part of a team pitching to advise the state on how to restructure Detroit.
