This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Civil Litigation,
Bankruptcy

Jun. 22, 2023

Girardi trustee receives $25M check for his work on gas leak cases

The check is the “first installment” of payments that will help pay the now-defunct law firm’s creditors, said Kyra E. Andrassy, an attorney with Smiley Wang-Ekvall LLP.

The trustee of the Girardi Keese estate has told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell that she received a check for about $25 million from attorney fees in the Porter Ranch gas leak litigation settlement, which will make a dent in the amount of money that is owed to creditors.

Elissa D. Miller, a partner with Greenspoon Marder LLP, told Russell about the check — which was received last week — during a status report at a Tuesday hearing rega...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up