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Commercial Law

Aug. 26, 1999

Hennigan Mercer Files Motion For More O.C. Bankruptcy Fees

SANTA ANA - Little more than a week after contending that $26.3 million was not enough to be paid for representing Orange County in its 1994 bankruptcy, the Los Angeles law firm that won the county $865 million in bankruptcy losses filed a motion in federal court Monday to pay its lawyers nearly $50 million more for their services.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SANTA ANA - Little more than a week after contending that $26.3 million was not enough to be paid for representing Orange County in its 1994 bankruptcy, the Los Angeles law firm that won the county $865 million in bankruptcy losses filed a motion in federal court Monday to pay its lawyers nearly $5...

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