Attorney's Fees Awarded to Counsel for Chapter 13 Debtors

June 30, 1998 

To:    The Chapter 13 Bar

RE:    Attorney's Fees Awarded to Counsel for Chapter 13 Debtors.

       It has been the policy of this Court, effective June 30, 1997, to award up to a maximum of $1,400.00 in fees to debtor's counsel for representing a debtor in a routine consumer case under Chapter 13, without the necessity of filing an itemized fee application.  Any fee in excess of that sum required a fee application.

       The Court has concluded that this figure should now be adjusted upward to $1,600.00.  Accordingly, effective immediately, the Court will approve a fee of up to $1,600.00 for Chapter 13 debtor's counsel, without the necessity of an itemized fee application

Very truly yours,

Kent Lindquist
Chief Bankruptcy Judge