IN RE MEGO FINANCIAL CORP. (Bankr.D.Nev. 2005)

In re: MEGO FINANCIAL CORP., et al., Chapter 11 (joint administration), Debtors.

Case Nos. BK-N-03-52300-GWZ, BK-N-03-52304, BK-N-03-52470, BK-N-03-52474.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nevada.
August 31, 2005

Neal L. Wolf, Todd L. Padnos, LeBOEUF, LAMB, GREENE MacRAE, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, John F. Murtha, Woodburn and Wedge, Reno, NV, Attorneys for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Brett Kitei, Nicholas Strozza, William B. Cossitt, Office of the United States Trustee, Reno, NV, Attorneys for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

ORDER ON FIFTH INTERIM APPLICATION OF LEBOEUF LAMB GREENE MacRAE LLP AS COUNSEL TO THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS FOR COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 330 AND 331 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2005 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2005
GREGG ZIVE, Chief Judge, Bankruptcy

Upon consideration of the “Fifth Interim Application of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene MacRae, LLP as Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors for Compensation and Reimbursement Pursuant to Sections 330 and 331 of the Bankruptcy Code for the Period January 1, 2005 through April 30, 2005” (the “Application”); and the Court having jurisdiction to review the Application; and it

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appearing that sufficient notice of the Application has been given; and it appearing that the relief requested by the Application is appropriate; and good cause having been shown, it is hereby

ORDERED THAT the Application is granted; and it is further

ORDERED THAT LeBoeuf is allowed interim compensation for professional services rendered in the amount of $124,711.25 (“Allowed Fees”) and interim reimbursement for actual, necessary expenses in the amount of $7,720.88 (“Allowed Expenses”), for a total interim award of $132,432.13 for the period January 1, 2005 through April 30, 2005; and it is further

ORDERED THAT the Allowed Fees and Allowed Expenses shall be treated as priority administrative expenses of the Debtors’ estates pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 503(b)(2) and 507(a)(1); and it is further

ORDERED THAT the Debtors’ estates are authorized to pay the Allowed Fees and the Allowed Expenses pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 330 and 331 and in accordance with the orders of this Court.

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