Firm Continues Efforts to Resolve Claims with Catholic Diocese

Burn Bair is continuing to represent unsecured creditors seeking to resolve ongoing sexual assault claims against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre. Earlier this week the bankruptcy court urged both sides to schedule more mediation sessions to reach a consensual settlement. The judge has requested additional responses from the parties on whether he should reconcile their widely varying estimates on the value of the claims by issuing his own estimate from the bench. You can read more on Law360.

Firm Proposes Plan to Resolve New York Diocese Bankruptcy

Burns Bair continues to actively seek a resolution to the bankruptcy petition filed more than two years ago by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York. As one of the lead law firms representing the official committee of creditors, which includes dozens of alleged victims of abuse, Burns Bair and co-counsel have submitted a Chapter 11 plan that calls for the diocese and its affiliates to pay $321 million into a fund for sexual abuse victims, tens of millions more than the diocese proposed. Read more