UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO 

 

In re 

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PROMESA 

Title III 

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THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, 

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No. 17 BK 3283-LTS 

(Jointly Administered) 

As a representative of ) 

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THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

et al., 

Debtors.1

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Re: Dkt. No. 24336 

Hearing date: June 8, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. (Atlantic 

Standard Time)

INFORMATIVE MOTION OF THE FEE EXAMINER PURSUANT TO ORDER 

REGARDING PROCEDURES FOR HEARING ON JUNE 8, 2023, OMNIBUS HEARING 

By his counsel, the Fee Examiner appointed in these proceedings files this Informative 

Motion pursuant to the Order Regarding Procedures for Hearing on June 8, 2023, Omnibus 

Hearing [Dkt. No. 24336]. The Fee Examiner’s Party Appearance Cover Sheet is attached to 

this Informative Motion as Exhibit A. The Fee Examiner further states that: 

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 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective Title III case number and the last four (4) 

digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, as applicable, are the: (i) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

(Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3283-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3481); (ii) Puerto Rico Sales Tax 

Financing Corporation (“COFINA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3284-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax 

ID: 8474); (iii) Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (“HTA”) (Bankruptcy Case 

No. 17 BK 3567-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3808); (iv) Employees Retirement System of the 

Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“ERS”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3566-LTS) (Last Four 

Digits of Federal Tax ID: 9686); and, (v) Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) (Bankruptcy Case 

No. 17 BK 4780-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3747) Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority (“PBA”) 

Bankruptcy Case No. 19-BK-5523-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3801) (Title III case numbers are 

listed as Bankruptcy Case numbers due to software limitations). 

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1. On May 31, 2023, the Fee Examiner filed the Fee Examiner’s Report on 

Uncontested Professional Fee Matters for Consideration in Connection with the June 8, 2023 

Omnibus Hearing [Dkt. No. _____] (the “Status Report”). 

2. The Status Report outlines the Fee Examiner’s recommendations for the Court’s 

approval, with adjustments and on an uncontested basis, of a group of interim applications for 

the Seventeenth Interim Compensation Period (October 1, 2022-January 31, 2023) and prior 

interim fee periods and a group of final applications. 

3. The Status Report attached a proposed order approving the uncontested fee 

applications (the “Proposed Order”). Counsel will also submit the Proposed Order to chambers 

in MS Word format pursuant to the Sixteenth Amended Case Management and Administrative 

Procedures [Dkt. No. 20190-1] (the “Case Management Procedures”). 

4. On May 11, 2023, the Fee Examiner filed the Eleventh Interim and Consolidated 

Semiannual Application of the Fee Examiner and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Counsel to the Fee 

Examiner, for Allowance of Compensation for Services Rendered and Reimbursement of 

Expenses for the Period From October 1, 2022 Through March 31, 2023 [Dkt. No. 24199] (the 

“Eleventh G&K Fee Application”). 

5. The Eleventh G&K Fee Application attached a proposed order approving the 

application (the “Proposed G&K Fee Application Order”) and submitted a version of same to 

chambers in MS Word format pursuant to the Case Management Procedures. 

6. Pursuant to the Third Amended Order Setting Procedures for Interim 

Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses of Professionals [Dkt. No. 20546] (the “Third 

Amended Compensation Order”) if no objections are timely filed, fee applications may be 

approved by Court order without a hearing, id. at 2(j), and the Court has done so in the past. 

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7. The Fee Examiner plans to appear in person at the hearing in New York, with 

counsel on the listen-only public access line. The Fee Examiner will be prepared to respond to 

questions from the Court, if any, regarding the Status Report, the Eleventh G&K Fee 

Application, or any related matters. Should the Court elect to enter the Proposed Order and/or 

the Proposed G&K Fee Application Order prior to the hearing, the Fee Examiner does not plan to 

participate in the hearing. 

Dated this 31st day of May 2023. 

WE HEREBY CERTIFY that on this date, we electronically filed the foregoing motion 

with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system that will send notification of such filing to 

all attorneys of record registered in the use of the CM/ECF system. 

EDGE Legal Strategies, PSC 

 s/ Eyck O. Lugo 

Eyck O. Lugo 

252 Ponce de León Avenue 

Citibank Tower, 12th Floor 

San Juan, PR 00918 

Telephone: (787) 522-2000 

Facsimile: (787) 522-2010 

Puerto Rico Counsel for Fee Examiner 

GODFREY & KAHN, S.C. 

One East Main Street, Suite 500 

Madison, WI 53703 

Telephone: (608) 257-3911 

Facsimile: (608) 257-0609 

Katherine Stadler (Pro Hac Vice) 

Counsel for the Fee Examiner 

 

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EXHIBIT A 

FEE EXAMINER’S PARTY APPEARANCE SHEET 

Name of Party 

ATTORNEY 1 Appearance Method Listen-only public access 

Name Katherine Stadler 

Law Firm Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. 

E-mail kstadler@gklaw.com

Phone Number (608) 284-2654 

Docket Entry of Notice of 

Appearance 

See Order Pursuant to PROMESA Sections 316 

and 317 and Bankruptcy Code Section 105(a) 

Appointing a Fee Examiner and Related Relief 

[Dkt. No. 1416] 

ATTORNEY 2 Appearance Method In-Person, New York (if needed) 

 Name Brady C. Williamson 

 Law Firm Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. 

 E-mail bwilliam@gklaw.com

 Phone Number (608) 284-2636 

 Docket Entry of Notice of 

Appearance 

See Order Pursuant to PROMESA Sections 316 

and 317 and Bankruptcy Code Section 105(a) 

Appointing a Fee Examiner and Related Relief 

[Dkt. No. 1416] 

ADDITIONAL 

ATTORNEY 

OBSERVATION

 Eyck O. Lugo, Listen-only public access 

elugo@edgelegalpr.com

EDGE Legal Strategies, PSC 

(787) 522-2000 

See Order Authorizing the Employment of Edge 

Legal Strategies, PSC as Local Counsel to the 

Fee Examiner [Dkt. No. 1992] 

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