A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved Endo International PLC's request to hire a fiduciary in its chapter 11 case to represent the interests of future opioid claimants, Dow Jones Newswires reported. Bankruptcy Judge James Garrity Jr. approved the retention of attorney Roger Frankel to serve as future claims representative in the Endo chapter 11 case. Judge Garrity approved Mr. Frankel's retention after considering an objection by the Justice Department's bankruptcy watchdog which questioned whether other stakeholders in the case had a chance to propose other candidates. An Endo lawyer said yesterday that it had selected Mr. Frankel because of his extensive experience and only after considering more than a dozen other applicants. Mr. Frankel has served as a future claims representative in a number of large chapter 11 cases, including the bankruptcy of Mallinckrodt PLC which, like Endo, filed chapter 11 to resolve opioid-related liabilities.
