A packed courtroom of bankruptcy attorneys and a few investors turned out for the first settlement hearings in the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler bankruptcy case, and many were there to protest the agreements.

A latecomer to the case, Miami solo practitioner Paul McMahon, threw a monkey wrench into the settlements with George Levin and his Banyon investment funds. Banyon and Levin were the top source of money for Scott Rothstein’s $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, kicking in about $830 million.