Dewey & LeBoeuf’s bankruptcy estate has argued that three employees in the firm’s finance department who have stayed on to help with the wind-down process are entitled to a bonus of $220,000 (£135,000), reports The Am Law Daily.

In a filing made last week, Dewey’s chief restructuring officer Joff Mitchell argued that director of finance Frank Canellas, director of billing Lourdes Rodriguez and collections manager Lisa Sucoff all deserve bonuses to be drawn from the Chapter 11 estate’s coffers.