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767 Fifth Avenue 

New York, NY 10153-0119

EXHIBIT A 

COMPENSATION BY PROFESSIONAL 

APRIL 1, 2019 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2019 

 The attorneys who rendered professional services in these chapter 11 cases during the 

Fee Period are: 

NAME OF 

PROFESSIONAL 

PARTNERS AND 

COUNSEL: 

DEPARTMENT1 YEAR 

ADMITTED 

HOURLY

RATE 

TOTAL

HOURS

BILLED 

TOTAL 

COMPENSATION 

Karotkin, Stephen BFR 1977 $1,600.00 263.50 $385,200.00 

Bond, W. Michael Corporate 1980 $1,600.00 23.00 $36,800.00 

Goldring, Stuart J. Tax 1984 $1,600.00 11.10 $17,760.00 

Radin, Stephen A. Litigation 1984 $1,450.00 7.30 $10,585.00 

Wessel, Paul J. Tax 1988 $1,600.00 14.80 $23,680.00

Pari, Joseph M. Tax 1988 $1,600.00 13.70 $21,920.00

Pappas, Nicholas J. Litigation 1989 $1,225.00 5.50 $6,737.50 

Adams, Frank R. Corporate 1993 $1,425.00 34.90 $49,732.50 

Tsekerides, Theodore E. Litigation 1994 $1,150.00 71.10 $78,890.00 

Slack, Richard W. Litigation 1997 $1,275.00 162.00 $194,565.00 

Heyliger, Adelaja K. Corporate 1998 $1,100.00 10.30 $11,330.00 

Singh, David R. Litigation 2004 $1,125.00 119.40 $134,325.00 

Liou, Jessica BFR 2009 $1,075.00 212.40 $207,152.50 

Goslin, Thomas (Counsel) Corporate 2003 $1,050.00 29.30 $30,765.00 

Goren, Matthew (Counsel) BFR 2007 $1,075.00 258.10 $267,675.00 

Total Partners and 

Counsel: 1,236.40 $1,477,117.50 

 

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NAME OF 

PROFESSIONAL 

ASSOCIATES: 

DEPARTMENT2 YEAR 

ADMITTED*

HOURLY

RATE 

TOTAL 

HOURS 

BILLED 

TOTAL 

COMPENSATION 

Friedman, Julie T. BFR 2003 $600.00 17.60 $10,560.00 

Byrne, Peter M. Corporate 2007 $995.00 23.60 $23,482.00 

Seales, Jannelle Marie Corporate 2009 $995.00 14.20 $14,129.00 

Tran, Hong-An Nguyen Litigation 2009 $995.00 172.70 $171,836.50 

Kramer, Kevin Litigation 2010 $995.00 179.60 $178,702.00 

Silber, Gary Tax 2011 $995.00 11.90 $11,840.50 

Golster, Jonathan Corporate 2011 $875.00 20.40 $17,850.00 

Bostel, Kevin BFR 2012 $995.00 142.10 $141,389.50 

Minga, Jay Litigation 2013 $950.00 69.90 $66,405.00

Fink, Moshe A. BFR 2014 $950.00 52.90 $50,255.00 

Jones, Hannah L. Litigation 2014 $920.00 102.50 $91,770.00 

Schinckel, Thomas 

Robert BFR 2014 (Australia) $690.00 207.40 $143,106.00 

Nolan, John J. Litigation 2015 $920.00 12.70 $11,684.00 

Africk, Max M. Litigation 2015 

(Louisiana) $875.00 62.30 $54,512.50 

Brookstone, Benjamin Tax 2015 $875.00 17.80 $15,575.00 

Pitcher, Justin R. BFR 2016 (Utah) $790.00 51.30 $40,527.00 

Kleinjan, John M. Tax 2017 $790.00 8.20 $6,478.00 

Foust, Rachel L. BFR 2018 $690.00 176.80 $121,992.00 

Neuhauser, David Corporate 2018 $690.00 15.20 $10,488.00 

Shaddy, Aaron Litigation 2018 $690.00 197.30 $131,928.00 

Zangrillo, Anthony Corporate 2018 $690.00 17.00 $11,730.00 

Carens, Elizabeth Anne BFR 2018 $560.00 154.10 $86,296.00 

Irani, Neeckaum Litigation 2018 (Cal) $560.00 6.40 $3,584.00 

Green, Austin Joseph Litigation 2019 $560.00 15.10 $8,456.00 

Evans, Steven Litigation 2019 $560.00 54.40 $30,464.00 

Gitlin, Adam Litigation * $560.00 6.60 $3,696.00 

Total Associates: 1,810.00 $1,458,736.00 

 

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NAME OF 

PARAPROFESSIONALS 

AND OTHER SUPPORT 

STAFF: 

DEPARTMENT3 HOURLY 

RATE 

TOTAL 

HOURS 

BILLED 

TOTAL 

COMPENSATION

Martorell, Jorge LSS $380.00 6.10 $2,318.00 

Biratu, Sirak D. Litigation $330.00 5.70 $1,881.00 

Callahan, Antonio Corporate $300.00 7.00 $2,100.00 

Peene, Travis J. BFR $240.00 46.40 $11,136.00 

Total Paraprofessionals 

and Other Support Staff: 65.20 $17,435.00 

PROFESSIONALS BLENDED RATE TOTAL HOURS 

BILLED 

TOTAL 

COMPENSATION 

Partners and Counsel $1,194.69 1,236.40 $1,477,117.50 

Associates $805.93 1,810.00 $1,458,736.00 

Paraprofessionals and Other Support Staff: $267.41 65.20 $17,435.00 

Blended Attorney Rate $963.71 

Total Fees Incurred 3,111.80 $2,953,288.50 

 

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