United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-03-06 monographic deposited born digital 52 p. GA 1.13:GGD-95-36FS https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-36FS P0b002ee18038de5c f:gg95036f DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-36FS machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-36FS GGD-95-36FS Bankruptcy Administrative costs Legal fees Compensation Lawyers Civil procedure Claims settlement Legal aid Trusts and estates law Surveys DOJ U.S. Trustee Program Fact Sheet GGD This fact sheet provides information on the guidelines used by Assistant U.S. Trustees within the Justice Department to assess the reasonableness of fee requests from attorneys and other professionals involved in bankruptcy cases. GAO surveyed Assistant U.S. Attorneys on (1) the guidelines they used to review professionals' fee requests overall and in chapter 11 cases specifically, (2) the reasons the local Office of U.S. Trustees or other parties in bankruptcy cases have objected to chapter 11 fee applications, and (3) the adequacy of compensation for private trustees in chapter 7 cases. GAO also examines differences in the offices with and without guidelines in U.S. Trustee activities, such as the time spent reviewing professional fee applications, the frequency and the types of objectives made to those applications, and the frequency of informal consultation on fee applications. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-36FS/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-36FS.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-36FS/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-36FS.pdf GAO/GGD-95-36FS https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-36FS Fact Sheet GAO/GGD-95-36FS; Bankruptcy Professional Fees: Guidelines for Reviewing Fee Applications; Bankruptcy Administrative costs Legal fees Compensation Lawyers Civil procedure Claims settlement Legal aid Trusts and estates law Surveys DOJ U.S. Trustee Program Public Law 95-598 Public Law 99-554 Public Law 103-394