ML022480245
| ML022480245 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 08/27/2002 |
| From: | Cole A Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, LLP, Pacific Gas & Electric Co |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, US Federal Judiciary, Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California |
| References | |
| 01-30923 DM, 94-0742640 | |
| Download: ML022480245 (7) | |
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McAuliffe LLP MARIE L. FIALA (No. 79676)
PETER J. BENVENUTTI (No. 60566)
ADAM M. COLE (No. 145344)
HELLER EHRMAN WHITE & MPAULIFFE LLP 333 Bush Street San Francisco, California 94104-2878 Telephone:'(415) 772-6000 Facsimile: (415) 772-6268 Special Counsel,for Debtor in Possession PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
'UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT' NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA In re PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a California corporation,
-Debtor.
Federal I.D. No. 94-0742640 Case No.: 01-30923 DM Chapter 11 Case
[No Hearing Scheduled]
HELLER EHRMAN WHITE & McAULIFFE LLP'S NOTICE OF INCREASE IN SHAREHOLDER BILLING RATES Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP (the "Firm" or "Heller Ehrman"), Special Counsel to debtor and debtor-in-possession Pacific Gas and Electric Company ("PG&E"),
submits this Notice of Increase in Shareholder Billing Rates to'notify the Court of increases in the hourly rates of Heller Ehrman shareholders on certain matters.
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Background
Pursuant to a Master Agreement between PG&E and Heller Ehrman, Heller Ehrman ha's agree'd to maihtain for iwo years from the commencement of work on a matter the rates of shareholders working on the matter at 90% of the rates in place at the time of HELLER EHRMAN'S NOTICE OF INCREASE IN SHAREHOLDER BILLING RATES CASE NO.: 01-30923 DM I0 I3?-
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McAuliffe LLP commencement of work on the matter.1 Upon expiration of the two-year anniversary of the commencement of work on a matter, PG&E and Heller Ehrman have agreed that shareholder rates may increase to 90% of prevailing rates. Rates for shareholders working on those matters are permitted to increase thereafter in accordance with annual or other periodic changes in Heller Ehrman's overall rate structure. For example, if Heller Ehrman commenced work on a matter on January 1, 2000, hourly rates for shareholders would remain frozen at 90% of 2000 rates until January 1, 2002. -At that time, rates of shareholders working on that matter would increase to 90% of 2002 rates and be subject to annual or other periodic increases based on changes in Heller Ehrman's overall rate structure.
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Notice of Shareholder Rate Increases Heller Ehrman files this Notice to notify the Court of recent or forthcoming changes to shareholder rates based on the expiration of two-year anniversaries for certain matters.'
Specifically, shareholder rates have increased or will increase for work on the following
_matters-on the-dates indicated: _..
Date on which Shareholder Rates Matter No.
Date of Commencement of Work Increase to 90% of 2002 Rates 63 July 1, 2000 July 1, 2002 64 August 1, 2000 August 1, 2002 69 December 1, 2000 December 1, 2002 74 August 1, 2000 August 1, 2002 Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a chart setting forth Heller Ehrman's rates to PG&E (90% of Heller Ehrman's full rates) without reference to the two-year "freeze" for the years 1 The Master Agreement does not apply to the rates of (i) shareholders working on insurance matters (Matter Nos. 13779-0045 and 13779-0066), or,(ii) timekeepers other than shareholders. Those rates are set at 90% of Heller Ehrman rates prevailing at the time services are rendered, and are not subject to any "freeze."
2 Heller Ehrman anticipates filing similar notices as the two-year anniversary dates for other matters approach.
HELLER EHRMAN'S NOTICE OF INCREASE IN SHAREHOLDER BILLING RATES CASE NO.: 01-30923 DM 2
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McAuliffe LLP 2000, 2001, and 2002 for all timekeepers (shareholders, associates, and paralegals and other nonlawyer personnel) who have worked on PG&E matters during the most recent interim fee application period (April 1, 2002, to July 31, 2002). The increased shareholder rates for the four matters identified above (Nos. 63, 64, 69 and 74) appear in the 2002 column under the heading for Shareholders.
Dated: August 27, 2002 HELLER EHRMAN WHITE & McAULIFFE LLP By:
Adam M. Cole Special Counsel for Debtor in Possession PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY HELLER EHRMAN'S NOTICE OF INCREASE IN SHAREHOLDER BILLING RATES CASE NO.: 01-30923 DM 3
Billing Rates For Heller Ehrman Timekeepers on PG&E Matters Shareholders' Timekeeper Rate 2002 2001 2000 M L Popofsky 568.00; 563.00; 473.00 M L Fiala 482.00; 459.00; 392.00 M J Shepard 482.00; 459.00; 392.00 S A*Berman 468.00; 446.00; 365.00 P J Benvenutti 459.00; 437.00; 369.00 "M L Charlson 446.00; 423.00; 351.00 "M A Stosser 428.00; 405.00; 338.00 J P Hayden 419.00; 396.00; 338.00 W Russell 419.00; 396.00; 355.00 D B Goodwin 414.00; 396.00; 324.00 T E Reiber 383.00; 356.00; 302.00 A M Cole 374.00; 342.00; 297.00
--Associates, D L Bratton 383.00 E L Brand 356.00 D C Kerby 356.00 J H Fagan 351.00 P B Mohler 351.00 A S Borrasca 333.00 D E Jones 333.00 H S Kim 329.00 V E Collanton 324.00 1 Pursuant to the fee agreement between Heller Ehrman and PG&E applicable to matters other than insurance coverage matters (the insurance coverage matters are 13779 0045 and 13779-0066; shareholders: David B. Goodwin and Wondie Russell), Heller Ehrman has agreed not to raise shareholder rates for two years from the rate in place when work on a particular matter commenced. Matters on which work commenced in 2000 are 13779-0063 (work commenced July 1, 2000), 13779-0064 (work commenced August 1, 2000), 13779-0069 (work commenced December 1; 2000), and 13779-0074 (work commenced August 1, 2000).
Matters on which work commenced in 2001 are 13779-0067, 13779-0068, 13779-0070, 13779 0071, 13779-0072, 13779-0073, 13779-0075, 13779-0076, 13779-0077, 13779-0078, 13779 0079, 13779-80, 13779-0081, 13779-0082 and 13779-0083. Matters on which work commenced in 2002 are 13779-0084, 13779-0085, 13779-0086 and 13779-0087.
Billing Rates For Heller Ehrman Timekeepers on PG&E Matters T G Glass 324.00 R H Sheen 315.00 H E Ware 315.00 S H Jaffe 288.00 T L Jolish 288.00 B E Esparza-Duehas 261.00 S I Grace 261.00 C E Gould 221.00 R M Jones 216.00 Y Green 212.00 M Correa 185.00 W Lee 185.00 M M Wilson 185.00 T C Orvald 180.00 M G Andrea 171.00 R R Tacorda 158.00 J Fore 158.00 Paralegals and Other N o nlawver Pr6f6essionals 2 Normal File PG&E Management Rate Rate B E Suess 180.00 N/A A Constantine 158.00 53.00 A C Whitehead 158.00 51.00 D R Luster 158.00 60.00 C T O'Hoyne 158.00 50.00 P K Johnsen 158.00 57.00 K L Rogers 158.00 57.00 B K Hauther 158.00 53.00 2 The first column shows each paralegal or other nonlawyer professional's normal billing rate to PG&E (90% of each timekeeper's full rate). Pursuant to the Court's December 12, 2001, Order, as clarified by the Court at the February 26, 2002, hearing on Heller Ehrman's Second Interim Fee Applicaition, for file management services performed by paralegals, Heller Ehrman is entitled to compensation at a rate equal to the direct cost per hour to Heller Ehrman of the paralegal or $40/hour, whichever is greater. Messrs. Suess, Marx and Lefko and Mss. Skoler, Alderman and Simcox are not paralegals and do not perform any file management services. No file management rates are shown for them.
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Billing Rates For Heller Ehrman Timekeepers on PG&E Matters W G Marx T Paralegal M D Oldenburg C M Adkins J S Contino D E Cathel P E Dean J E Skoler S C Simcox K K Alderman E J Lefko N M McLaughlin M K Holzer P M Tempelis V Gonzales E K Iwasaki J J Dean J F Morgan J L Gordon S Shoffner E Chang M B Stone R M Olivo R M Cheesman C L Morris 158.00 158.00 149.00 149.00 144.00 144.00 144.00 140.00 135.00 135.00 135.00 131.00 126.00 122.00 122.00 122.00 122.00 113.00 113.00 113.00 108.00 104.00 104.00 90.00 72.00 N/A 40.00 48.00 43.00 40.00 41.00 43.00 N/A
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