Red Lobster to pay its bankruptcy lawyers millions of dollars

A Red Lobster restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia, US, on Friday, June 7, 2024. Seafood restaurant chain Red Lobster, which filed for bankruptcy last month, will be in bankruptcy court on June 14. Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Red Lobster Locations Ahead Of Bankruptcy Hearing A Red Lobster restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia, US, on Friday, June 7, 2024. Seafood restaurant chain Red Lobster, which filed for bankruptcy last month, will be in bankruptcy court on June 14. Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

By Sarah Kinbar and WFTV Staff

ORLANDO, Fla. — Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal.

Invoices from Orlando-based Red Lobster’s attorneys and other advisers are piling up, now totaling over $15.5 million.

▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS

The invoices are for work beginning May 19 — the date the seafood restaurant chain filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Aug. 21 court filings in the Red Lobster bankruptcy case show the amount Red Lobster’s lawyers will get paid upon U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Grace Robson’s order.

Read: ‘I’m fixin’ to kill her’: Lake County woman charged in death of boyfriend’s 9-year-old daughter

Click here to read the full story on the Orlando Business Journal’s website.

Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.

This browser does not support the video element.