More than 100 Kirkland & Ellis partners, and about 240 firm lawyers overall, billed time in the Toys R Us bankruptcy proceedings, netting the law firm more than $50 million.

A judge on Friday approved $56.2 million in fees requested by Kirkland, according to an order filed in the Eastern District of Virginia. Kirkland billed for 57,237.30 hours of work as debtor’s counsel over nearly a year and a half in the toy retailer’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

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