Patriot paid Bryan Cave $98,000 so far for bankruptcy work

Bryan Cave LLP was paid $30,000 in April in legal fees from bankrupt Patriot Coal Corp., part of $98,000 the firm has received from the company since Patriot filed for bankruptcy in July, according to a regulatory filing today by the coal company. St. Louis-based Bryan Cave, the area’s second-largest law firm ranked by its 253 local licensed attorneys, is Patriot’s restructuring and corporate counsel. Bryan Cave reported 2012 revenue of $624 million, up 11.9 percent from 2011. Patriot paid its Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) counsel Carmody MacDonald PC $30,000 in April, part of $80,000 it has paid the firm since July. Read the rest at http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2013/05/17/patriot-paid-bryan-cave-98000-so-far.html