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Bankruptcy

Aug. 18, 2011

Heller Estate asks to make payments to unsecured creditors

The Heller Ehrman LLP estate asked a federal bankruptcy judge in a filing late Monday to allow it to pay general unsecured creditors up to 33 percent of the money the estate owes them by year's end.


By Jill Redhage


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The Heller Ehrman LLP estate asked a federal bankruptcy judge in a filing late Monday to allow it to pay general unsecured creditors up to 33 percent of the money the estate owes them by year's end.


Lawyers said the payments rival those gathered by creditors to other major bankrupt law firms, but in better time. Less than three years after Heller dissolved, the estate plans to pay 24 cents on each...

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