Law Office Management
Oct. 2, 2007
An Unholy Dispute
Last February the Catholic Diocese of San Diego filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 just as several clergy–sexual abuse civil trials were about to begin. Amid an intense dispute over church assets, the diocese last month settled claims for nearly $200 million—more than twice its last offer before bankruptcy. This is the inside story of how the claimants’ attorneys prevailed.
Standing 6 foot 6, attorney James I. Stang, a partner in the Los Angeles firm of Pachulski Stang Ziehl Young Jones & Weintraub, looms large in any courtroom he enters. In the past 27 years he has participated in thousands of bankruptcy proceedings as debtors counsel, bankruptcy trustee, and bankruptcy trustee cou...
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