Northern District of Illinois: examining every claim under the retention agreement

N.D. Ill., Court-Approved Retention Agreement (Form 13-8, for cases filed on or after March 15, 2021): "The lawyer must examine all claims creditors file in the case and must object to claims if appropriate." Read the form.

The agreement sets no deadline for the review; it is part of the work the court's flat fee covers.

What Sharp Artisan gives you for it

• every proof of claim read against your schedules and the Bankruptcy Rules, with the page each flag comes from;
• claims higher than scheduled, charges after the petition, missing attachments, and debts bought from another creditor;
• debts you scheduled that no one has claimed;
• your action on each claim in one memo you can keep in the file.

Open the whole-case review Check one claim, free

$15 a case for 90 days. For 3 days after the payment, a Refund button in the review refunds it. The claim check and the Rule 9037 check stay free.