United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California November 21, 2008, 19-90086 (In Re Johnson)

OPINION ON APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND COMPENSATION

CHRISTOPHER M. KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge:

The problem is how, in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in

Lamie v. United States Trustee,

540 U.S. 526, 124 S.Ct. 1023, 157 L.Ed.2d 1024 (2004), to pay counsel to former debtors in possession under 11 U.S.C. § 330(a) for services needed to effect smooth transition to a chapter 11 trustee.