In re Cortez

ORDER ON FEE APPLICATION OF BINDER & MALTER

I. INTRODUCTION

The Court has before it the Application For Compensation filed by Binder & Mal-ter on April 24, 2002.

Applicant received $600 from the debtors prior to the filing of the petition for pre-bankruptcy analysis. Following the filing, Applicant was awarded $2,750 in compensation at the time the Chapter 13 plan was confirmed. This award was pursuant to the fee guidelines maintained by the Court. Pursuant to the guidelines, the $2,750 was composed of:

Applicant now seek additional compensation in the amount of $21,802.37. This means that the total cost of the Chapter 13 case to date is $25,152.37.

The application will be granted in part and denied in part.

II. THE NATURE OF THE CASE

While the scheduled fee of $2,750 included four components, it does not appear there were problems in all of these areas. The Cortezs scheduled a $600 state tax claim and a federal tax claim of $998.54. There is no suggestion of additional legal work required by the claims. The vehicular loan is $6,000 ($1,000 of which is unse *291 cured) and encumbers a 1994 Ford Probe. There is no suggestion additional legal work was required. The Cortezs…