IN RE COUDERT BROS. LLP LAW FIRM ADV. PROCEEDINGS

No. 10 Civ. 9334 (VM). Bankruptcy No. 06-12226 (RDD). Adversary Nos. 08-1490 (RDD), 08-1491 (RDD), 08-1492 (RDD), 08-1493 (RDD), 08-1494 (RDD), 08-1446, 08-1433 (RDD), 08-1486 (RDD), 08-1495 (RDD), 08-1496 (RDD), 08-1500 (RDD), 09-1148 (RDD), 09-1149 (RDD).

447 B.R. 706 (2011)

In re COUDERT BROTHERS LLP LAW FIRM ADVERSARY PROCEEDINGS. In re Coudert Brothers LLP, Debtor. Development Specialists, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Arent Fox LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Duane Morris, LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Jones Day, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Jones Day and Scott Jones, Defendants. Development Specialists, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Jones Day and Geoffroy De Foestraets, Defendants. Development Specialists, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Jones Day and Jingzhou Tao, Defendants. Development Specialists, Inc., Plaintiff, v. K & L Gates LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Morrison & Foerster LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., Plaintiff, v. DLA Piper (US) LLP, Defendant. Development Specialists, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Dechert LLP, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Adler , McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY, for Official Committee Of Unsecured Creditors, Development Specialists, Inc., McCarter & English, LLP, Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC.

Joshua Joseph Angel , Andrew C. Gold , Seth F. Kornbluth , Herrick, Feinstein LLP, New York, NY, for RPCB Trust.

Jane W. Arnone , Benanti & Associates, Stamford, CT, for BAL Global Finance, LLC f/k/a Fleet Business Credit, LLC, Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC.

J. Joseph Bainton , John G. McCarthy , Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, New York, NY, for Development Specialists, Inc.

Ronald Scott Beacher , Pryor Cashman LLP, New York, NY, for U.S. Bancorp Oliver-Allen Technology Leasing.

Steven C. Bennett , Jones Day, New York, NY, for Jones Day.

Charles E. Boulbol , Law Office of Charles E. Boulbol, New York, NY, for Trizec Office Properties, Inc.

Lisa Cahill , Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, NY, for Statek Corp.

Thomas R. Califano , DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY, for Studio Legale Associato.

Roy H. Carlin , Tannenbaum Helpern , Syracuse Hirschtritt , New York, NY, for Marian Hagler, Coudert Brothers LLP.

Joseph Corneau , Tracy L. Klestadt , Patrick J. Orr , Sean C. Southard , Klestadt & Winters, LLP, New York, NY, for Coudert Brothers LLP.

Leo T. Crowley , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, New York, NY, for Andrew Hedden, Anthony Williams, Clyde Rankin, Darrell Prescott, Edward Tillinghast, Frederick Konta, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.

Thomas B. Decea , Danzig Fishman & Decea, White Plains, NY, for Thomas Joseph Drago, RPCB Trust.

G. Larry Engel , Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA, for G. Larry Engel.

Jeff Feigelson , Wassaic, NY, for Bellmore Partners Inc.

Robert M. Fleischer , Pryor Cashman LLP, New York, NY, for Axel Hofmann, Hans-Peter Hansen, Jan H. Rohls.

Gerald T. Ford , Natalie Garcia , Landman Corsi Ballaine & Ford P.C., Newark, NJ, for XL Specialty Ins. Co.

Karen S. Frieman , Stern Tannenbaum & Bell LLP, New York, NY, John E. Jureller, Jr. , Brendan M. Scott , Klestadt & Winters, LLP, New York, NY, for Coudert Brothers LLP, Development Specialists, Inc.

Alan E. Gamza , Moses & Singer LLP, New York, NY, for La Compagnie Fonciere Parisienne, La Societe Centrale Immobiliere des Mutuelles Agricoles.

Matthew Alexander Gold , Argo Partners, Inc., New York, NY, for Argo Partners.

Richard M. Goldman , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, New York, NY, for Clifford Chance LLP and Rupert X. Li.

Todd M. Goren , Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY, for Joint Defense Group of Former Partners of Coudert Brothers LLP.

Davin J. Hall , Dechert LLP, New York, NY, Claire L. Huene , Miller & Wrubel, P.C, New York, NY, for Dechert LLP.

Mark G. Hanchet , Mayer Brown, LLP, New York, NY, for Baker & McKenzie LLP.

Stephen Hogan , Yeskoo Hogan & Tamlyn, LLP, New York, NY, for State Bank of Vietnam.

Paul J. Hooten , Paul J. Hooten & Associates, Mt. Sinai, NY, for American Exp. Travel Related Services Co., Inc.

David W. Ichel , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY, for Pamela G. Ostrager.

James H. Joseph , McGuireWoods, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, for Sprint Nextel Corp. f/d/b/a Sprint and its Affiliates.

William J. Kelly , Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman, White Plains, NY, for Weiser Realty Advisors LLC.

Louis E. Kempinsky , Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for David K. Gottlieb.

Ben Whaley Le Clercq , Charleston, SC, for Alain Decombe, Eduardo Silva Romero, Philip Dunham, Xavier Nyssen, Yann de Kergos.

Ben Whaley LeClercq , Charleston, SC, for Ben Whaley LeClercq.

Kenneth M. Lewis , Lewis Law PLLC, White Plains, NY, for Paul Horowitz, Steven Becker.

Eric Lopez Schnabel , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, New York, NY, for Dorsey & Whitney.

Daniel Steven Lubell , Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, New York, NY, for Herbert Smith LLP and Jacques Buhart.

Frank McGinn , Bartlett Hackett Feinberg P.C., Boston, MA, for Iron Mountain Info. Management, Inc.

Curtis C. Mechling , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, New York, NY, for Edward H. Tillinghast.

Kenneth M. Misken , McGuireWoods LLP, McLean, VA, for Sprint Nextel Corp. f/d/b/a Sprint and its Affiliates.

Brian F. Moore , McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY, for Official Committee Of Unsecured Creditors.

Stephen Nakamura , Merle, Brown & Nakamura, P.C., New York, NY, for GRIF Management, Inc.

Steven H. Newman , Katsky Korins LLP, New York, NY, for Kay Georgi.

Richard P. Norton , Hunton & Williams LLP, New York, NY, for Hunton & Williams LLP, Stephen J. Bennett, Surasak Vajasit, Hunton & Williams LLP.

Vincent J. Novak , Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Vincent J. Novak.

Barry R. Ostrager , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, for Pamela G. Ostrager.

Barbra R. Parlin , Holland & Knight, LLP, New York, NY, for Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

Mark T. Power , Hahn & Hessen LLP, New York, NY, for Almaty Metro-Municipal Corp., Intercontinental Commerce Corp.

Suzin L. Raso , Goldberg Segalla LLP, White Plains, NY, for DLA Piper LLP(US), sued herein as DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP.

Michael P. Richman , Patton Boggs LLP, New York, NY, for A.T. Massey Coal Co., Inc., Elk Run Coal Co., Inc.

Michael J. Riela , Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY, for Ernst & Young LLP.

Adam L. Rosen , Silverman Acampora LLP, Jericho, NY, for Adam L. Rosen.

Avrum J. Rosen , The Law Offices of Avrum J. Rosen, PLLC, Huntington, NY, for CitiStorage, Inc.

Sanford Philip Rosen , Rosen & Associates, P.C., New York, NY, for Steven Becker.

Joel W. Ruderman , Joan Segal , Pension Benefit Guar. Corp., Washington, DC, for Pension Benefit Guar. Corp.

David B. Shemano , Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for David K. Gottlieb.

James H. Shenwick , Shenwick & Associates, New York, NY, for J. Bruce McCubbrey.

Arthur Jay Steinberg , King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY, for Harrison J. Goldin, Kaye Scholer LLP.

Harvey A. Strickon , Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, New York, NY, for Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP.

Henry G. Swergold , Platzer, Swergold, Karlin, Levine, Golberg & Jaslow, LLP, New York, NY, for Henry Swergold.

David L. Tillem , Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, White Plains, NY, for Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP.

Brian Trust , Mayer Brown, LLP, New York, NY, for Baker & McKenzie LLP.

Lori V. Vaughan , Foley & Lardner, LLP, New York, NY, for J S Management LLP.

Douglas Wolfe , ASM Capital, LP, Woodbury, NY, for ASM Capital, L.P., ASM Capital II, L.P.

Philippe Zimmerman , Moses & Singer, LLP, New York, NY, for La Compagnie Fonciere Parisienne.


DECISION AND ORDER

VICTOR MARRERO, District Judge.

Appellants Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Arent Fox LLP, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Duane Morris LLP, Jones Day,1 K & L Gates LLP, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hamilton LLP, DLA Piper (US) LLP and Dechert LLP (collectively, "Law Firms") move pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158(a)(3) and Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 8003(a...

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