Bankruptcy
Jun. 15, 2016
9th Circuit hears oral argument in Heller Ehrman partnership case
The trustee for the Heller Ehrman LLP estate seemed to face a difficult road to convincing a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Monday that partners departing a dissolving law firm must contribute a portion of future profits from ongoing hourly matters back into the bankruptcy estate for the firm they left.




Daily Journal Staff Writer
The trustee for the Heller Ehrman LLP estate seemed to face a difficult road to convincing a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Monday that partners departing a dissolving law firm must contribute a portion of future profits from ongoing hourly matters back into the bankruptcy estate for the firm they left.
The judges aimed difficult questions at both sides, but the same questions that ha...
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