In the long-running bankruptcy proceedings of the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp., a judge has levied a nearly $60,000 fees-and-costs sanction against the agency’s onetime counsel.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Vincent Papalia of the District of New Jersey on Monday issued the order, which partially compensates the defunct Newark Watershed for work done in connection with a discovery dispute over past emails to and from attorneys at New Jersey law firm Trenk, DiPasquale, Della Fera & Sodono.