During the past 30 months, more than 240 companies in the energy sector – a majority of them based in Texas – have declared bankruptcy. The Texas Lawbook conducted an extensive examination of the lawyers and firms working on the distress in the oil patch.
In part one of a series of articles, The Lawbook found that energy companies in bankruptcy have paid their legal and financial advisers – a great majority of them based in New York and Chicago – more than $1.4 billion in fees and expenses during the past two and one half years and hundreds of millions of dollars more to be paid during the next few months. Three law firms have been paid a combined $354 million for their representation of distressed energy companies during the past two and a half years.
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T&K Austin Office Leader Named Board President of Capitol Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
Jim Morriss will serve as the top volunteer leader of a council comprised of more than 20,000 youth members and 7,000 adult volunteers across 15 counties in Central Texas.