Former Howrey Attorneys Sued by Unsecured Creditors in Class Action in Bankruptcy Court

SAN FRANCISCO—Some 302 former Howrey LLP shareholders were named as defendants in a putative class action filed Nov. 2 by an unsecured creditor who points to the “hopeless insolvency of the estate” as reason for the filing (Howrey Claims LLC v. Alexander (In re Howrey LLP), Bankr. N.D. Cal., Adv. No. 12-03155, No. 11-31376).

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California lawsuit was filed by Howrey Claims LLC, a Georgia limited liability company to which Jan Brown Jones d/b/a Jan Brown & Associates on Oct. 31 transferred her claims.

Brown, a court reporter who ...