Lawyers for Steward Health Care were awarded more than $36 million — or more than $420,000 per day in fees — for their work on the first three months of the company's bankruptcy case. New York-based law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges filed a request Tuesday for reimbursement of $36,255,939.14 for fees and expenses, which included rates for attorneys billing as much as $2,350 per hour. Other rates included $750 per hour for a law clerk, and up to $595 per hour for paralegals. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston approved the request on Wednesday afternoon. The funds will come out of Steward's assets — which otherwise would go towards paying off its billions of dollars in unpaid debts.
