Reid 2008 WL 4831732 (Bankr.W.D.Ky.)

Attorney Fees - Fee reduction was warranted for tasks that attorney billed, but that could have been performed by paralegal.

A reduction was warranted in the fees sought by a Chapter 7 trustee for the legal services of his attorney, based on the excessive nature of the time charged by the attorney for some of the services performed, such as the 17.60 hours billed by the attorney as time for preparing for an evidentiary hearing in litigation with the debtor and other claimants about proceeds from the sale of real estate. Many of these entries included ministerial tasks that could have been performed by a paralegal, including the preparation of subpoenas and the digesting of depositions.