Legal Fees Challenged in Campbell Estate

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

Charging that a pending fee request has been edited to conceal details, a daughter of singer Glen Campbell is challenging attorney billing fees of up to $1,050 per hour in her late father's estate.
In a motion filed this week in Davidson Probate Court in Nashville, Debbie Campbell-Cloyd has charged that fee requests of some $300,000 submitted by Campbell's widow Kimberly fails to meet legal requirements. She is asking for a separate hearing on the billings.
The 10-page motion also charges that the estate has failed to pay her $250,000 and to turn over to her concho belts, which were promised to her under the terms of a family trust. Focusing specifcally on fees of $211,533 for the services of the Greenberg Traurig law firm, the motion charges that the billing includes services provided befors Glen Campbell's 2017 death.
Noting that Kimberly Campbell, as the estate's executor, has thus far sought approval for fees totaling $548,921, the motion states that the latest fee request includes $10,657 for services provided between June 8, 2017 and Aug. 8, 2017. Glen Campbell died on Aug. 8, 2017.
As for the $1050 per hour fees for Greenberg Traurig attorney Jay L. Cooper, the motion states the charges are "excessive for this locality."
In addition the motion states that the Greenberg Traurig billing statement was "heavily redacted to conceal information such as the parties with whom Greenberg Traurig attorneys communicated."
Also questioned were fees requested for Stanley Schneider, who was appointed as a temporary administrator of the estate. He already has been paid $42,055 for administrative services and an additionaL $32,262 for tax services.
The filing is but the latest challenge to Campbell's estate. Previously three other children of the singer contested the will filed by Kimberly Campbell. That challenge was eventually dropped.
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