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 representative of ) 

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THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

et al., 

Debtors.1

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Objection deadline: July 10, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. 

(Atlantic Standard Time) or such other deadline 

as ordered by the Court 

Hearing date: July 25, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. 

(Atlantic Standard Time) or such other hearing 

date as ordered by the Court

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NOTICE OF FILING OF FIRST INTERIM 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 6, 2017 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2018 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on July 3, 2018, pursuant to the Second Amended Order 

Setting Procedures for Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses of Professionals

[Dkt. No. 3269] (the “Interim Compensation Order”), the Fourth Amended Notice, Case 

Management and Procedures Order [Dkt. No. 2839] (the “Case Management Procedures”), 

 

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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) (Title III case numbers are listed as Bankruptcy 

Case numbers due to software limitations). 

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and the First Amended Order Pursuant to PROMESA Sections 316 and 317 and Bankruptcy 

Code Section 105(A) Appointing a Fee Examiner and Related Relief [Dkt. No. 3324] (the “Fee 

Examiner Order”);Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. (“Godfrey & Kahn”), counsel to the Fee Examiner 

in these proceedings, and the Fee Examiner filed the First Interim 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 6, 2017 Through March 31, 2018 (the “Interim Fee Application”). 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHE NOTICE that any response or objection to the Interim Fee 

Application must be (a) in writing, (b) conform with the Interim Compensation Order and the 

Case Management Procedures, and (c) be filed with the Court and served on the entities below, 

so as to be received on or before July 10, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) (the 

“Objection Deadline”): 

(a) the Financial Oversight and Management Board, 40 Washington 

Square South, Office 314A, New York, NY 10012, Attn: Professor 

Arthur J. Gonzalez, Oversight Board Member; 

(b) the attorneys for the Financial Oversight and Management Board 

as representative of The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, O’Neill & 

Borges LLC, 250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Suite 800, San Juan, PR 

00918-1813, Attn: Hermann D. Bauer, Esq.; 

(c) the attorneys for the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial 

Advisory Authority, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Times Square 

Tower, 7 Times Square, New York, NY 10036, Attn: John J. 

Rapisardi, Esq., Suzzanne Uhland, Esq., and Diana M. Perez, Esq.; 

(d) the attorneys for the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial 

Advisory Authority, Marini Pietrantoni Muniz, LLC, Luis C. 

Marini-Biaggi, Esq., MCS Plaza, Suite 500, 255 Ponce de León 

Ave., San Juan P.R. 00917; and Greenberg Traurig LLP, 200 Park 

Avenue, New York, NY 10166, Attn: Nancy A. Mitchell, Esq. and 

Nathan A. Haynes, Esq.; 

(e) the Office of the United States Trustee for the District of Puerto 

Rico, Edificio Ochoa, 500 Tanca Street, Suite 301, San Juan, PR 

00901 (re: In re: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico); 

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(f) the attorneys for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Paul 

Hastings LLP, 200 Park Ave., New York, NY 10166, Attn: Luc A. 

Despins, Esq., Andrew V. Tenzer, Esq., Michael E. Comerford, Esq., 

and G. Alexander Bongartz, Esq.; 

(g) the attorneys for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, 

Casillas, Santiago & Torres LLC, El Caribe Office Building, 53 

Palmeras Street, Ste. 1601, San Juan, PR 00901, Attn: Juan J. 

Casillas Ayala, Esq. and Alberto J.E. Añeses Negrón, Esq.; 

(h) the attorneys for the Official Committee of Retired Employees, 

Jenner & Block LLP, 919 Third Ave., New York, NY 10022, Attn: 

Robert Gordon, Esq. and Richard Levin, Esq., and Jenner & Block LLP, 

353 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654, Attn: Catherine Steege, 

Esq. and Melissa Root, Esq.; 

(i) the attorneys for the Official Committee of Retired Employees, 

Bennazar, García & Milián, C.S.P., Edificio Union Plaza, PH-A,416 

Ave. Ponce de León, Hato Rey, PR 00918, Attn: A.J.BennazarZequeira, Esq.; and 

(j) the Fee Examiner, Brady C. Williamson, Esq., Godfrey & Kahn S.C., 

One East Main Street, Suite 500, Madison, WI 53703. 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE the date of the hearing at which the Motion shall 

be considered by the Court is July 25, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) or at such 

other time as ordered by the Court and will be held before the Honorable Laura Taylor Swain, 

United States District Court Judge, in Room 3 of the United States District Court for the District 

of Puerto Rico, 150 Carlos Chardón Street, Federal Building, Office 150, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

00918-1767. 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if no objection is timely filed and served in 

accordance with the Interim Compensation Order and Case Management Procedures, the relief 

requested may be granted without a hearing. 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of all documents filed in these title 

III cases are available (a) free of charge by visiting https://cases.primeclerk.com/puertorico or by 

calling +1 (844) 822-9231, and (b) on the Court’s website at http://www.prd.uscourts.gov,

subject to the procedures and fees set forth therein. 

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

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. 

Dated this 3rd day of July 2018. 

EDGE Legal Strategies, PSC 

 /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 

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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