{"id":"court_ctb_4242_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":4242,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2023-08-18","title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION | -------------------------------------------","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| -------------------------------------------------------------- | x | |\n|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------|\n| In re: | :
: | Chapter 11 |\n| HO WAN KWOK, et al., | :
: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| 1
Debtors. | :
: | Jointly Administered |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------- | :
x | |\n\n## **MONTHLY FEE STATEMENT OF O'SULLIVAN MCCORMACK JENSEN & BLISS PC FOR COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES FOR PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, 2025 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2025**\n\nIn accordance with the *Order Establishing Procedures for Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses for Retained Professionals, dated August 18, 2023* [Docket No. 2094] (the \"Interim Compensation Order\"), [2](#page-0-1) O'Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC (\"OMJB\") hereby submits this monthly statement (the \"Monthly Fee Statement\") seeking compensation for services rendered and reimbursement of expenses incurred as Special Insurance Counsel to Genever Holdings LLC (\"Genever (US)\"), for the period from January 1, 2025 through and including February 28, 2025 (the \"Fee Period\"). By this Monthly Fee Statement, OMJB respectfully requests payment of 80% of all fees and 100% of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred for services rendered during the Fee Period, in the amounts of \\$582.00 and \\$530.66 respectively.\n\n1 The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, as well as numerous other aliases) (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and Genever Holdings Corporation is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok (solely for purposes of notices and communications).\n\n2 Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Interim Compensation Order.\n\n#### **SERVICES RENDERED AND EXPENSES INCURRED**\n\n1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a timekeeper summary that includes the name, title, bar admission, hourly billing rate, aggregate hours, and amount of fees earned for each OMJB individual who provided services during the Fee Period. The rates charged by OMJB for services rendered to Genever (US) are the same rates that OMJB charges generally for professional services rendered to its non-bankruptcy clients.\n\n2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a summary of expenses incurred and reimbursement sought, by expense type, for the Fee Period.\n\n3. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is the fee statement of OMJB for services provided during the Fee Period with redactions to protect certain privileged information.\n\n#### **NOTICE AND OBJECTION PROCEDURES**\n\n4. Notice of this Monthly Fee Statement will be given by email on the Notice Parties: (i) Luc A. Despins, as chapter 11 trustee for the estate of Ho Wan Kwok (lucdespins@paulhastings.com); (ii) Counsel for the Trustee, (x) Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166 (Attn: G. Alexander Bongartz (alexbongartz@paulhastings.com) and Douglass Barron (douglassbarron@paulhastings.com)) and (y) Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C., 195 Church Street, 13th Floor, New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (Attn: Douglas S. Skalka (dskalka@npmlaw.com) and Patrick R. Linsey (plinsey@npmlaw.com)); (iii) the Office of The United States Trustee, Giaimo Federal Building, 150 Court Street, Room 302, New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (Attn: Holley L. Claiborn (holley.l.claiborn@usdoj.gov)); (iv) counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Pullman & Comley, LLC, 850 Main Street, 8th Floor, PO Box 7006, Bridgeport, Connecticut 06601-7006 (Attn: Irve J. Goldman (igoldman@pullcom.com); and (v) counsel for Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P., O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 7 Times Square, New York, New York 10036 (Attn: Peter Friedman (pfriedman@omm.com) and Stuart M. Sarnoff (ssarnoff@omm.com) (collectively, the \"Notice Parties\").\n\n5. Objections to this Monthly Fee Statement, if any, must be filed with the Court and served upon (i) Special Insurance Counsel to Genever Holdings LLC, O'Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC (Attn: Michael T. McCormack [\\(mmccormack@omjblaw.com\\)](mailto:mmccormack@omjblaw.com) (ii) the Notice Parties by email no later than **April 9, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern Time) (the \"Objection Deadline\")**, setting forth the nature of the objection and the specific amount of fees or expenses at issue.\n\n6. If no objections to this Monthly Fee Statement are filed and received on or before the Objection Deadline, Genever (US) shall promptly pay OMJB 80% of the fees and 100% of the expenses as identified in this Monthly Fee Statement.\n\n7. To the extent that an objection to this Monthly Fee Statement is filed and received on or before the Objection Deadline, the estates shall withhold payment of that portion of this Monthly Fee Statement to which the objection is directed and promptly pay the remainder of the fees and expenses in the percentages set forth above. To the extent such an objection is not resolved, it shall be preserved and scheduled for consideration at the next interim fee application hearing.\n\n3\n\nDated: March 20, 2025 Glastonbury, Connecticut\n\n## GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC\n\nBy:*\\_\\_\\_/s/Michael T. McCormack\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_*\n\nMichael T. McCormack (ct13799) Timothy P. Jensen (ct18888) Amy E. Markim (ct27974) O'Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC 180 Glastonbury Boulevard, Suite 210 Glastonbury, CT 06033 Tel: 860-258-1993 Fax: 860-258-1991 mmccormack@omjblaw.com tjensen@omjblaw.com amarkim@omjblaw.com\n\n*Special Insurance Coverage Counsel for Debtor-In-Possession Genever Holdings LLC*\n\n# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| ------------------------------------------------------ | x | |\n|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|\n| In re: | :
: | Chapter 11 |\n| 1
HO WAN KWOK,
et al., | :
:
: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| Debtors. | :
: | (Jointly Administered) |\n| ------------------------------------------------------x | | |\n\n## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nThe undersigned hereby certifies that on March 20, 2025, the foregoing Monthly Fee Statement was electronically filed. In addition, a copy of the Monthly Fee Statement was served by email on the Notice Parties. Parties may access this filing through the Court's CM/ECF system.\n\n## GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC\n\nBy:*\\_\\_/s/Michael T. McCormack\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_*\n\nMichael T. McCormack (ct13799) Timothy P. Jensen (ct18888) Amy E. Markim (ct27974) O'Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC 180 Glastonbury Boulevard, Suite 210 Glastonbury, CT 06033 Tel: 860-258-1993 Fax: 860-258-1991 mmccormack@omjblaw.com tjensen@omjblaw.com amarkim@omjblaw.com *Special Insurance Coverage Counsel for Debtor-In-Possession Genever Holdings LLC*\n\n1 The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, as well as numerous other aliases) (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and Genever Holdings Corporation is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok (solely for purposes of notices and communications).\n\n### **EXHIBIT A**\n\n#### **HOURS AND RATES PER TIMEKEEPER**\n\n| Name | Bar Date | Hourly Rate
Billed | Hours
Billed | Total Fees Billed |\n|---------------------|----------|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------|\n| Michael McCormack | 1993 | \\$400 | .8 | \\$320.00 |\n| Timothy P. Jensen | 1997 | \\$450 | .6 | \\$270.00 |\n| Melissa Gambardella | | \\$125 | 1.1 | \\$137.50 |\n| Total | | | | \\$727.50 |\n\n## **EXHIBIT B**\n\n#### **SUMMARY OF ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES**\n\n| Expense Category | Amount | | |\n|-------------------------------------------------|----------|--|--|\n| Fees Advanced to Logikcull
(January invoice) | \\$176.92 | | |\n| Fees Advanced to Logikcull (February Invoice) | \\$353.74 | | |\n| | | | |\n| TOTAL | \\$530.66 | | |\n\n## **EXHIBIT C**\n\n#### **TIME AND EXPENSE DETAIL**\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 4242 Filed 03/20/25 Entered 03/20/25 14:43:38 Page 9 of 12\n\n\n\n180 Glastonbury Boulevard, Suite 210 Glastonbury, CT 06033 Phone: 860-258-1993 [www.omjblaw.com](htt)\n\n**INVOICE**\n\nInvoice No. 28524 Date: 02/10/2025\n\nGenever Holdings LLC c/o Luc Despins, Esq. Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166\n\n# **3726-001-Genever Holdings/AIG Property Casualty**\n\n## **Services**\n\n| Date | Attorney | Activity | Time | Rate | Total |\n|------------|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|----------|----------|\n| 01/17/2025 | MBG | Draft OMJB Fee Application for December 2024 and initial review
and redaction of invoice. | 0.40 | \\$125.00 | \\$50.00 |\n| 01/20/2025 | TPJ | Review fee application | 0.10 | \\$450.00 | \\$45.00 |\n| 01/21/2025 | MTM | Review, revise and finalize January Interim Fee Application | 0.20 | \\$400.00 | \\$80.00 |\n| 01/21/2025 | MBG | Attention to further redactions to OMJB December 2024 Invoice,
revise and finalize Fee Applications. | 0.30 | \\$125.00 | \\$37.50 |\n| | | | Services Subtotal | | \\$212.50 |\n\n#### **Expenses**\n\n| | | | Expenses Subtotal | \\$176.92 |\n|------|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|----------|\n| | | Expense 01/06/2025 Fees advanced to Logikcull INV277216 12/1/2024-12/31/2024 | | \\$176.92 |\n| Type | Date | Activity | | Total |\n\n| Time Keeper | Time | Rate | Total |\n|---------------------|------|------------------|----------|\n| Timothy Jensen | 0.1 | \\$450.00 | \\$45.00 |\n| Michael McCormack | 0.2 | \\$400.00 | \\$80.00 |\n| Melissa Gambardella | 0.7 | \\$125.00 | \\$87.50 |\n| | | Invoice Subtotal | \\$389.42 |\n\n**Invoice Total \\$389.42**\n\n#### *REDACTED*\n\n| Invoice Number | Due On | Amount Due | Payments Received | Balance Due |\n|----------------|------------|------------|-----------------------------|-------------|\n| 28524 | 02/10/2025 | \\$389.42 | \\$0.00 | \\$389.42 |\n| | | | Balance Due on All Invoices | \\$25,456.60 |\n| | | | TOTAL AMOUNT DUE | \\$25,456.60 |\n\n| Please make all amounts payable to: O'Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC |\n|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n\nPayment is due upon receipt.\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 4242 Filed 03/20/25 Entered 03/20/25 14:43:38 Page 11 of 12\n\n\n\n180 Glastonbury Boulevard, Suite 210 Glastonbury, CT 06033 Phone: 860-258-1993 [www.omjblaw.com](htt)\n\n**INVOICE**\n\nInvoice No. 28618 Date: 03/11/2025\n\nGenever Holdings LLC c/o Luc Despins, Esq. Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166\n\n# **3726-001-Genever Holdings/AIG Property Casualty**\n\n## **Services**\n\n| Date | | Attorney Activity | Time | Rate | Total |\n|------------|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|----------|----------|\n| 02/10/2025 | MBG | Review and redact OMJB January 2025 Invoice and draft of Fee
Applications re same. | 0.40 | \\$125.00 | \\$50.00 |\n| 02/14/2025 | MTM | Telephone conference with L. Despins re
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REDA | 0.40 | \\$400.00 | \\$160.00 |\n| 02/24/2025 | TPJ | Review and comment on quarterly fee filing and communications re
same | 0.50 | \\$450.00 | \\$225.00 |\n| 02/25/2025 | MTM | Telephone conference with T. Garg re
REDACTED | 0.20 | \\$400.00 | \\$80.00 |\n| | | | Services Subtotal | | \\$515.00 |\n\n#### **Expenses**\n\n| Type | Date | Activity | | Total |\n|------|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|----------|\n| | | Expense 02/05/2025 Fees advanced to Logikcull INV278958 1/1/2025-1/31/2025 | | \\$176.82 |\n| | | Expense 02/28/2025 Fees advanced to Logikcull INV280921 2-1-2025 to 2-28-2025 | | \\$176.92 |\n| | | | Expenses Subtotal | \\$353.74 |\n\n| Time Keeper | Time | Rate | Total |\n|-------------------|------|----------|----------|\n| Timothy Jensen | 0.5 | \\$450.00 | \\$225.00 |\n| Michael McCormack | 0.6 | \\$400.00 | \\$240.00 |\n\nInvoice No. 28618 - 03/11/2025 Case 22-50073 Doc 4242 Filed 03/20/25 Entered 03/20/25 14:43:38 Page 12 of 12\n\n| Melissa Gambardella | 0.4 | \\$125.00 | \\$50.00 |\n|---------------------|-----|------------------|----------|\n| | | Invoice Subtotal | \\$868.74 |\n| | | Invoice Total | \\$868.74 |\n\n*REDACTED*\n\nPlease make all amounts payable to: O'Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC Tax ID# *REDACTED*\n\nPayment is due upon receipt.","body_zh":null,"key_entities":["Je","Kwok","Despins","Ho Wan Kwok","Paul Hastings","Guo","Miles Guo","Luc Despins"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":1888,"status":"published","published_at":"2023-08-18 00:00:00","created_at":"2023-08-18","updated_at":"2026-07-07 08:22:08"}