Case number: 2:15-bk-02741 - New WEI, Inc., et al. - Alabama Northern Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    New WEI, Inc., et al.

  • Court

    Alabama Northern (alnbke)

  • Chapter

    7

  • Judge

    Tamara O Mitchell

  • Filed

    07/15/2015

  • Last Filing

    12/06/2024

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

Docket Header
NOCLOSE, LimitedMatrix, JNTADMN, LEAD, CLMAGT, APPEAL, CONVERTED



U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA (Birmingham)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 15-02741-TOM7

Assigned to: Tamara O Mitchell
Chapter 7
Previous chapter 11
Original chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  07/15/2015
Date converted:  02/21/2017
341 meeting:  09/10/2015

Debtor

New WEI, Inc., et al., Jointly Administered

3000 Riverchase Galleria
Suite 1700
Birmingham, AL 35244-2359
JEFFERSON-AL
Tax ID / EIN: 13-3429953
aka
Walter Industries, Inc.


represented by
Allan J. Arffa

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
TERMINATED: 07/06/2020

James Blake Bailey

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
1819 Fifth Ave N.
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-521-8913
Fax : 205-488-6913
Email: jbailey@bradley.com

Jay R. Bender

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
214 North Tryon Street
Suite 3700
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-338-6035
Fax : 704-332-8858
Email: jbender@bradley.com

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Jay R. Bender
1819 Fith Ave N
Birmingham, AL 35203

Patrick Darby

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP
One Federal Place
1819 5th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-521-8000
Fax : 205-488-6332
Email: pdarby@babc.com
TERMINATED: 03/18/2016

Robert N. Kravitz

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
TERMINATED: 07/06/2020

Jayna Partain Lamar

Maynard Nexsen PC
1901 6th Avenue North
Suite 1700
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-254-1048
Fax : 205-714-6348
Email: jlamar@maynardnexsen.com

Daniel J. Leffell

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
TERMINATED: 07/06/2020

Cathleen C Moore

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
1819 5th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 521-8301
Fax : (205) 521-8800
Email: ccmoore@bradley.com

J Leland Murphree

Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC
1901 Sixth Ave N Ste 2400
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-254-1000
Email: Lmurphree@maynardcooper.com

Robert Karl Ozols

Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC
1901 Sixth Avenue North
2400 Regions/Harbert Plaza
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-254-1875
Fax : 205-714-6441
Email: rozols@maynardcooper.com

Dan Youngblut

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
TERMINATED: 07/06/2020

Trustee

Andre' M Toffel

Andre' M Toffel, PC
450A Century Park South
Suite #206A
Birmingham, AL 35226
205 252-7115

represented by
Jay R. Bender

(See above for address)

Cunningham Bounds LLC

Steve Olen
1601 Dauphin Street
Mobile, AL 36604

Dentons Sirote PC

P O Box 55727
Birmingham, AL 35255-5727

Thomas Benjamin Humphries

Christian & Small LLP
505 - 20th Street North
Ste 1800
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-250-6600
Email: tbhumphries@csattorneys.com
TERMINATED: 02/05/2024

Jayna Partain Lamar

(See above for address)

Maynard Cooper & Gale PC

Jayna P. Lamar
1901 6th Ave N Ste 2400
Birmingham, AL 35203

Steve Olen

Cunningham, Bounds
1601 Dauphin Street
P O Box 66705
Mobile, AL 36660
(251) 471-6191
Fax : (251) 479-1031
Email: sco@cunninghambounds.com

Stephen B Porterfield

Dentons Sirote, P.C.
2311 Highland Avenue S.
Suite 500
Birmingham, AL 35205
205-930-5278
Fax : 205-212-3862
Email: stephen.porterfield@dentons.com

Attorney for Trustee

Stephen B. Porterfield

Sirote & Permutt PC
2311 Highland Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205
205-930-5278

represented by
Stephen B Porterfield

(See above for address)

Attorney for Trustee

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

1819 Fifth Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-521-8000

 
 
Creditor Committee

Mayer Electric Supply Co., Inc.

Attn: Mark J. Horn
3405 4th Avenue S
Birmingham, AL 35222

 
 
Creditor Committee

Cowin & Company, Inc.

Attn: John Moore
P. O. Box 19009
Birmingham, AL 35219-9009
TERMINATED: 08/28/2015

 
 
Creditor Committee

Delaware Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee

Attn: Sandra E. Horwitz
2711 Centerville Road
Wilmington, DE 19808

 
 
Creditor Committee

UMWA 1974 Pension Plan and Trust

Attn: David W. Allen
2121 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037

represented by
George N. Davies

QUINN, CONNOR, WEAVER, DAVIES & ROUCO
Two North Twentieth Street
2 20th Street North
Suite 930
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-870-9989
Fax : 205-803-4143
Email: gdavies@qcwdr.com

Robert Moore Weaver

CWA District 3
4100 Perimeter Park S
Atlanta, GA 30341
404-296-5553
Email: rweaver@cwa-union.org

Creditor Committee

UMB Bank National Association

Attn: Mark Flannagan
1010 Grand Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64106

 
 
Creditor Committee

United Steelworkers

Attn: David R. Jury
60 Boulevard of the Allies, Room 807
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 
 
Creditor Committee

Industrial Mining Supply Inc.

Attn: Phillip Bradford
2500 Five Star Parkway
Bessemer, AL 35020
TERMINATED: 11/04/2015

represented by
Michael E Bybee

Law Office of Michael E. Bybee
2107 5th Avenue N., Ste. 401 I
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-252-1622
Email: mbybee1@bellsouth.net
TERMINATED: 11/04/2015

Creditor Committee

Hager Oil Company, Inc.

Attn: Philip C. Grace
P O Box 1429
Jasper, AL 35502-1429

 
 
Creditor Committee

United Mine Workers of America

Attn: Grant Crandall
18354 Quantico Gateway Drive, Suite 200
Triangle, VA 22172

represented by
Robert Moore Weaver

(See above for address)

Creditor Committee

Carroll Engineering Co.

Attn: Greg Wolfe
227 Industrial Park Dr
Harlan, KY 40831

 
 
Creditor Committee

Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co., Inc.

Attn: Chris Harper
1205 Hilltop Parkway
Birmingham, AL 35124

 
 
Creditor Committee

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Attn: Michael Strollo
1200 K St. NW
Washington, DC 20005

 
 
Creditor Committee

Nelson Brothers LLC

Attn: Jason K. Baker
820 Shades Creek Pkwy Ste 2000
Birmingham, AL 35209

 
 
Creditor Committee

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Walter Energy, Inc., et al.


represented by
Bill D Bensinger

Christian & Small, LLP
1800 Financial Center
505 North 20th Street
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-250-6626
Fax : 205-328-7234
Email: BDBensinger@csattorneys.com

Charles L. Kerr

MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019-9601
212-468-8000
Fax : 212-468-7900
Email: ckerr@mofo.com

J. Alexander Lawrence

MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019-9601
212-468-8000
Fax : 212-468-7900
Email: alawrence@mofo.com

Jennifer L. Marines

MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019-9601
212-468-8000
Fax : 212-468-7900
Email: jmarines@mofo.com

Lorenzo Marinuzzi

MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019-9601
212-468-8000
Fax : 212-468-7900
Email: LMarinuzzi@mofo.com

Samantha Martin

MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019-9601
212-468-8000
Fax : 212-468-7900
Email: smartin@mofo.com

Brett Miller

MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019-9601
212-468-8000
Fax : 212-468-7900
Email: brettmiller@mofo.com

Morrison & Foerster LLP

250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019-9601
212-468-8000

James A. Newton

MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019-9601
212-468-8000
Fax : 212-468-7900
Email: jnewton@mofo.com

Erica J. Richards

MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019-9601
212-468-8000
Fax : 212-468-7900
Email: erichards@mofo.com

Daniel D Sparks

Christian & Small LLP
1800 Financial Center
505 North 20th Street
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-795-6588
Fax : 205-328-7234
Email: ddsparks@csattorneys.com

Creditor Committee

Official Committee of Retired Employees of Walter Energy, Inc.

Adams and Reese LLP
1901 6th Avenue North, Suite 3000
Birmingham, AL 35203
United States of America
205-250-5033

represented by
Richard Patrick Carmody

1901 6th Avenue North Suite 3000
Birmingham, AL 35203
205 250-5000
Email: richard.carmody@arlaw.com

Landon S. Raiford

Jenner & Block LLP
353 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654-3456
312-222-9350
Fax : 312-527-0484
Email: lraiford@jenner.com

Melissa M. Root

Jenner & Block LLP
353 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654-3456
312-222-9350
Fax : 312-527-0484
Email: mroot@jenner.com

Charles B. Sklarsky

Jenner & Block LLP
353 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654-3456
312-222-9350
Fax : 312-527-0484
Email: csklarsky@jenner.com

Catherine L. Steege

Jenner & Block LLP
353 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654-3456
312-222-9360
Fax : 312-527-0484
Email: csteege@jenner.com

Creditor Committee

Adams and Reese LLP

Birmingham
Regions Harbert Plaza
1901 6th Avenue North
Suite 3000
Birmingham, AL 35203
United States of America
(205) 250-5000

represented by
Richard Patrick Carmody

(See above for address)

Creditor Committee

Morrison & Foerster LLP
represented by
Bill D Bensinger

(See above for address)

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
12/06/20243892BNC Certificate of Notice (RE: related document(s)[3889] Order on Application for Compensation filed by Examiner Direct Fee Review LLC). Notice Date 12/06/2024. (Admin.)
12/06/20243891BNC Certificate of Notice (RE: related document(s)[3888] Order on Application for Compensation filed by Trustee Andre' M Toffel). Notice Date 12/06/2024. (Admin.)
12/06/20243890BNC Certificate of Notice (RE: related document(s)[3887] Order on Application for Compensation filed by Trustee Andre' M Toffel). Notice Date 12/06/2024. (Admin.)
12/04/20243889Order Approving Application For Compensation (Related Doc#[3877]) for Direct Fee Review LLC, Examiner, Period: 1/1/2023 to 9/30/2024, Fees awarded: $2480.00, Expenses awarded: $0.00; Awarded on 12/4/2024 Signed on 12/4/2024. (thc)
12/04/20243888Order Granting Application For Compensation (Related Doc#[3873]) for Stephen B Porterfield, Trustee's Attorney, Period: 10/1/2023 to 9/30/2024, Fees awarded: $87306.25, Expenses awarded: $0.00; Awarded on 12/4/2024 Signed on 12/4/2024. (thc)
12/04/20243887Order Approving Application For Compensation (Related Doc#[3870]) for Andre' M Toffel, Trustee Chapter 7, Period: 12/1/2023 to 9/30/2024, Fees awarded: $80000.00, Expenses awarded: $0.00; Awarded on 12/4/2024 Signed on 12/4/2024. (thc)
12/04/20243886PDF with attached Audio File. Court Date & Time [12/04/2024 10:30:59 AM]. File Size [ 1773 KB ]. Run Time [ 00:04:51 ]. (3870). (adiuser).
11/29/20243885BNC Certificate of Notice (RE: related document(s)3884 Notice of Hearing). Notice Date 11/29/2024. (Admin.) (Entered: 11/29/2024)
11/27/20243884Notice of Hearing on (RE: related document(s)3883 Trustee's Motion to Approve Second Amendment to the Previously Approved Settlement Agreement With Warrior Met Coal filed by Trustee Andre' M Toffel). Hearing scheduled 1/6/2025 at 10:30 AM at Courtroom 3 (TOM) Birmingham. (rwh) (Entered: 11/27/2024)
11/26/20243883Motion for Approval of Agreement (Trustee's Motion to Approve Second Amendment to the Previously Approved Settlement Agreement with Warrior Met Coal) Filed by Trustee Andre' M Toffel (Porterfield, Stephen)