By Walter F. Roche Jr.
Lawyers for the estate of Glen Campbell are seeking court approval for $241,908 in fees and expenses including the services of an attorney charging over $1,000 an hour.
In one of the petitions filed this week in Davidson Probate Court in Nashville, Campbell's widow, Kimberly, is asking for the payment of $221,793.85 in fees and expenses to the politically connected firm of Greenberg Traurig.
A second petition seeks payment of $20,107 to a California accounting firm, Gursey Schneider, with longtime ties to the later singer. The firm also worked on issues relating to intellectual property.
Both fee requests had been initially submitted in late 2019 but were then postponed indefinitely.
The Greenberg Traurig fee request shows Jay L. Cooper of the Greenberg Traurig LLC (GT Law) has been charging $1,050 per hour for services performed for the estate.
Both fee petitions are scheduled for a court hearing on Dec. 4, but only if objections to the fees are registered.
The original filing states that Cooper's skills were needed because the work relating to the estate's interests "involved complicated legal issues related to entertainment law and intellectual property law."
The Greenberg motion includes billings for Cooper, his son Todd and other Greenberg Traurig lawyers and support staff. Jay Cooper's hourly rate was $980 in 2017 when he first was assigned to the case. He has charged $1,050 since 2018. His son's fee was $650 per hour.
The bill covers services provided by the firm from June 8, 2017 through Oct. 23, 2019
Campbell died in 2017 following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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