eleventh monthly fee statement of waller lansden dortch
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039132-06828/4876-3652-4035.1
IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
) In re: ) Chapter 11 ) MTPC, LLC, THE PROTON THERAPY CENTER, LLC, PCPT HAMLIN, LLC, Debtors.
) ) ) ) ) ) )
Case No. 3:20-bk-05438 (RSM) Judge Randal S. Mashburn (Jointly Administered) 1
)
THE DEADLINE FOR FILING A TIMELY RESPONSE IS: November 29, 2021. If a response is timely filed, the response will be heard at the next interim or final fee application hearing scheduled in these chapter 11 cases.
NOTICE OF ELEVENTH MONTHLY FEE STATEMENT OF WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS, LLP, FOR ALLOWANCE OF COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES AS CO-
COUNSEL TO THE PCPT HAMLIN, LLC FOR THE PERIOD FROM THE OCTOBER 1, 2021 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2021
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP (“Waller”), as co-counsel for the above-captioned
debtors and debtors-in-possession (collectively, the “Debtors”), have filed in the above-captioned cases this Eleventh Monthly Fee Statement of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, for Allowance of Compensation For Services Rendered and Reimbursement of Expenses as Co-Counsel to PCPT Hamlin, LLC for the Period from the October 1, 2021 through October 31, 2021 (the “Monthly Fee Statement”).2
YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE AFFECTED. If you do not want the Court to grant the relief
requested in the attached notice, or if you want the Court to consider your views on the notice, then on or before the response date stated above, you or your attorney must:
1 The jointly administered Debtors’ respective case numbers in these Chapter 11 Cases include: MTPC, LLC
(“MTPC”), Case Number 3:20-bk-05438; The Proton Therapy Center, LLC (“PCPTK”), Case Number 3:20-bk-0549; PCPT Hamlin, LLC (“PCPT Hamlin”), Case Number 3:20-bk-05440. The Debtors’ service address is: 1400 Dowell Springs Boulevard, Suite 350, Knoxville, TN 37909-2447.
2 Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Order Establishing Procedures for Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses for Professionals (D.I. 188) (the “Interim Compensation Order”).
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1. File your response or objection with the Court explaining your position. Please note that
the Court requires electronic filing. Any response or objection you wish to file must be submitted electronically. To file electronically, you or your attorney must go to the court website and follow the instructions at https://ecf.tnmb.uscourts.gov. If you need assistance with electronic filing, you may call the Court at (615) 736-5584.
2. Your response must state the deadline for filing responses, the date of the scheduled hearing, and the notice to which you are responding.
3. You must serve your response or objection by electronic-mail, hand-delivery or first class mail, to the following Notice Parties: (i) the Debtors, MTPC, LLC, The Proton Therapy Center, LLC, and PCPT Hamlin, LLC, 1400 Dowell Springs Boulevard, Suite 350, Knoxville, TN 37909, Attn: Robby Vincill ([email protected]); (ii) counsel to the Debtors, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, 2501 North Harwood Street, Suite 1900, Dallas, TX 75201, Attn: Marcus A. Helt ([email protected]); (iii) co-counsel to the Debtors, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, 511 Union St., Suite 2700, Nashville, TN 37219, Attn: David Lemke ([email protected]); (iv) counsel to the Trustee of certain Debtor Revenue Bonds, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, One International Place, Suite 2000, Boston, MA 02110, Attn: Colleen A. Murphy ([email protected]) and Kevin Walsh ([email protected]); (v) the United States Trustee, 701 Broadway, Suite 318, Nashville, TN 37203, Attn: Jeffrey S. Grasl ([email protected]); (vi) proposed counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Sills Cummis & Gross, P.C., One Riverfront Plaza, Newark, NJ 07102, Attn: Andrew Sherman ([email protected]) and Boris Mankovetskiy ([email protected]); and (vii) proposed co-counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Manier & Herod, P.C., 1201 Demonbreun Street, Suite 900, Nashville, TN 37203, Attn: Robert W. Miller ([email protected]). If a response is filed before the deadline stated above, the response will be heard at the next
interim or final fee application hearing scheduled in these chapter 11 cases. You may check whether a timely response has been filed by viewing the case on the website of the Debtors’ claims and noticing agent: https://cases.stretto.com/MTPC/.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, pursuant to the Interim Compensation Order,
if no objection to this Monthly Fee Statement is timely filed, served, and received during the Objection Period, Waller may be paid an amount equal to eighty percent (80%) of the fees and eighty percent (80%) of the expenses requested in this Monthly Fee Statement.
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Dated: November 15, 2021 Respectfully Submitted,
WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS, LLP
/s/ David E. Lemke David E. Lemke (Tenn. Bar No. 013586)
Tyler N. Layne (Tenn. Bar No. 033401) 511 Union Street, Suite 2700 Nashville, TN 37219 Telephone: (615) 244-6380 Facsimile: (615) 244-6804 Email: [email protected] [email protected]
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IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
) In re: ) Chapter 11 ) MTPC, LLC, THE PROTON THERAPY CENTER, LLC, PCPT HAMLIN, LLC, Debtors.
) ) ) ) ) ) )
Case No. 3:20-bk-05438 (RSM) Judge Randal S. Mashburn (Jointly Administered) 1
)
ELEVENTH MONTHLY FEE STATEMENT OF WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS, LLP, FOR ALLOWANCE OF COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES AS CO-COUNSEL TO PCPT HAMLIN, LLC
FOR THE PERIOD FROM THE OCTOBER 1, 2021 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2021
Name of Applicant Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP
Authorized to provide professional services to
Debtors and Debtors-in-Possession
Effective Date of Retention January 22, 2021, nunc pro tunc to
December 15, 2020
Compensation Period October 1, 2021 through October 31, 2021
Amount of actual, reasonable and necessary compensation incurred
$382.50
Amount of actual, reasonable and necessary expense reimbursement
$0.00
Total Amount Sought $382.50
Total Amount of compensation (at 80%) and expenses (at 80%) sought
$306.00
Amount of Postpetition Fees Received to Date
$10,298.65
1 The jointly administered Debtors’ respective case numbers in these Chapter 11 Cases include: MTPC, LLC
(“MTPC”), Case Number 3:20-bk-05438; The Proton Therapy Center, LLC (“PCPTK”), Case Number 3:20-bk-0549; PCPT Hamlin, LLC (“PCPT Hamlin”), Case Number 3:20-bk-05440. The Debtors’ service address is: 1400 Dowell Springs Boulevard, Suite 350, Knoxville, TN 37909-2447.
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Amount of Postpetition Expenses Received to Date
$1,738.00
Blended Rate for all Attorneys $425.00
Blended Rate for all Timekeepers $425.00
1. Pursuant to sections 327, 330, and 331 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
“Bankruptcy Code”), Rule 2016 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, and Rule 2016-1
of the Local Bankruptcy Rules for the Middle District of Tennessee, the Order Approving the
Employment and Retention of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP as Co-Counsel for the
Debtors and Debtors in Possession Effective as of the Petition Date (D.I. 205) (the “Waller
Retention Order”), and the Order Establishing Procedures for Interim Compensation and
Reimbursement of Expenses for Professionals (D.I. 188) (the “Interim Compensation Order”), the
law firm of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP (“Waller”), attorneys for MTPC, LLC, The
Proton Therapy Center, LLC, and PCPT Hamlin, LLC, as debtors and debtors in possession
(collectively the “Debtors”), hereby files this monthly fee statement (the “Monthly Fee
Statement”) for (a) compensation in the amount of $306.00 for the reasonable and necessary legal
services Waller rendered to PCPT Hamlin from October 1, 2021 through and including October
31, 2021 (the “Compensation Period”) (which is 80% of $382.50), and (b) reimbursement of the
actual and necessary expenses that Waller incurred on behalf of PCPT Hamlin during the
Compensation Period in the amount of $0.00 (which is 80% of $0.00).
Services Rendered and Disbursements Incurred
2. Attached as Exhibit A is a billing summary of Waller professionals and
paraprofessionals by individual, setting forth the (a) name and title of each individual who
performed services during the Compensation Period, (b) aggregate time expended by each such
individual, (c) hourly billing rate for each such individual, and (d) amount of fees earned by each
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Waller professional and paraprofessional. Waller asserts that its rates are reasonable based upon
the customary compensation charged by comparably skilled practitioners in cases other than and
similar to these cases under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
3. Attached as Exhibit B is a summary of hours and fees by task code.
4. Attached as Exhibit C is a summary of reimbursement sought by expense type for
all expenses for the Compensation Period incurred in connection with the performance of
professional services.
5. Attached as Exhibit D is Waller’s itemized time records of its professionals and
paraprofessionals and itemized records of reimbursement sought for the Compensation Period.
Reservation of Rights
6. This Monthly Fee Statement includes all of the information and supporting detail
regarding fees and expenses available to Waller at the time of the filing of this Monthly Fee
Statement. If additional information and supporting detail in connection with this Compensation
Period should become available, as a result of delays in accounting processing or an inadvertence
with respect to time entered in the accounting system, or any other valid reason, Waller reserves
the right to make an application to the Court for an allowance of such fees and expenses not
included in this Monthly Fee Statement.
Notice
7. Pursuant to the Interim Compensation Order, notice of this Monthly Fee Statement
shall be served upon:
a. the Debtors, MTPC, LLC, The Proton Therapy Center, LLC, and PCPT Hamlin, LLC, 1400 Dowell Springs Boulevard, Suite 350, Knoxville, TN 37909-2447, Attn: Robby Vincill ([email protected]);
b. counsel to the Debtors, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, 2501 North Harwood Street, Suite 1900, Dallas, TX 75201, Attn: Marcus A. Helt ([email protected]);
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c. counsel to the Trustee of certain Debtor Revenue Bonds, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, One International Place, Suite 2000, Boston, MA 02110, Attn: Colleen A. Murphy ([email protected]) and Kevin Walsh ([email protected]);
d. the United States Trustee, 701 Broadway, Suite 318, Nashville, TN 37203, Attn: Jeffrey S. Grasl ([email protected]);
e. proposed counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Sills Cummis & Gross, P.C., One Riverfront Plaza, Newark NJ 07102, Attn: Andrew Sherman ([email protected]) and Boris Mankovetskiy ([email protected]); and
f. proposed co-counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Manier & Herod, P.C., 1201 Demonbreun Street, Suite 900, Nashville, TN 37203, Attn: Robert W. Miller ([email protected]).
WHEREFORE, Waller, in connection with services rendered on behalf of PCPTK,
respectfully requests (a) allowance of compensation and reimbursement in the amount of $306.00
for reasonable and necessary professional services rendered during the Compensation Period (80%
of $382.50); (b) allowance of actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred during the
Compensation Period in the amount of $0.00 (80% of $0.00), for a total of $306.00 to be paid; and
(c) payment of the aforementioned amounts.
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Dated: November 15, 2021 Respectfully Submitted,
WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS, LLP
/s/ David E. Lemke David E. Lemke (Tenn. Bar No. 013586)
Tyler N. Layne (Tenn. Bar No. 033401) 511 Union Street, Suite 2700 Nashville, TN 37219 Telephone: (615) 244-6380 Facsimile: (615) 244-6804 Email: [email protected] [email protected]
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EXHIBIT A
COMPENSATION BY PROFESSIONAL
Name Position Effective Billing
Rate Total Billed
Hours Billed Amount
Daniel Flournoy Partner $605.00 — — David Lemke Partner $700.00 — — Tyler Layne Partner $515.00 — — Gaby Smith Associate $480.00 — — Evan Atkinson Associate $425.00 0.9 $382.50 Melissa Jones Associate $425.00 — — Chris Cronk Paralegal $325.00 — — Ann Marie Jezisek Paralegal $220.00 — —
Total: 0.9 $382.50
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EXHIBIT B
COMPENSATION BY PROJECT CATEGORY
Hours Amount
B100 Administration — — B110 Case Administration 0.2 $85.00 B120 Asset Analysis and Recovery — — B130 Asset Disposition 0.4 $170.00 B140 Relief from Stay/Adequate Projection Proceedings — — B150 Meetings of and Communications with Creditors — — B160 Fee/Employment Applications 0.3 $127.50 B170 Fee/Employment Objections — — B180 Avoidance Action Analysis — — B185 Assumption/Rejection of Leases and Contracts — — B190 Other Contested Matters — — B195 Non-Working Travel — —
B200 Operations — —
B210 Business Operations — — B220 Employee Benefits/Pensions — — B230 Financing/Cash Collections — — B240 Tax Issues — — B250 Real Estate — — B260 Board of Directors Matters — —
B300 Claims and Plan — — B310 Claims Administration and Objections — — B320 Plan and Disclosure Statement — —
B400 Bankruptcy-Related Advice — — B410 General Bankruptcy Advice/Opinions — — B420 Restructurings — —
Total: 0.9 $382.50
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EXHIBIT C
EXPENSE SUMMARY
Expense Category Amount
Filing Fees — Colored Photocopies — Client Charges — Conference Call — Photocopies — Courier Services — Online Researches — PCount Color Copy Charges — PCount Copy Charges — Postage —
Total: $0.00
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EXHIBIT D
TIME DETAIL
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WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS , LLP NASHVILLE CITY CENTER
511 UNION STREET, SUITE 2700 POST OFFICE BOX 198966
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37219-8966 615-244-6380
FEDERAL ID NO. 62-0479474
The Proton Therapy Center, LLC d/b/a Provision Center for Proton Therapy Charles Aiken 1400 Dowell Springs Blvd Ste 350 Knoxville, TN 37909
November 11, 2021 Invoice 10832026 Page 1 Bill Through 10/31/21 Billing Atty: D. Lemke
Our Matter # 039283.11240
Proton Centers/Bankruptcy (Orlando)
Fees: B110 Case Administation
Date Description Timekeeper Hours Amount 10/12/21 Attend status conference Atkinson, Evan J 0.20 85.00 Total 0.20 85.00 B130 Asset Disposition
Date Description Timekeeper Hours Amount 10/07/21 Draft confidentiality agreement to be
entered into with 365 Contract Counterparties during the sale process
Atkinson, Evan J 0.30 127.50
10/22/21 Review and coordinate filing of motion to modify sale dates
Atkinson, Evan J 0.10 42.50
Total 0.40 170.00 B160 Fee/Employment Applications
Date Description Timekeeper Hours Amount 10/22/21 Prepare monthly fee statement Atkinson, Evan J 0.30 127.50 Total 0.30 127.50 Total Fees for Professional Services 0.90 382.50
Time Summary
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Timekeeper Position Hours Rate Amount Atkinson, Evan J Associate 0.90 425.00 382.50
Totals 0.90 382.50
Task Summary Task Description Hours Amount B110 Case Administation 0.20 85.00 B130 Asset Disposition 0.40 170.00 B160 Fee/Employment Applications 0.30 127.50 Totals 0.90 382.50 Total Fees and Disbursements on This Invoice $ 382.50 PLEASE REMIT TOTAL AMOUNT DUE $ 382.50
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