After that, rates will begin to decrease, although Alvarez &Marsal will also earn an incentive fee at the end of the case, which could total more than $50 million.

Those fees pay for the salaries of the 150 people from Alvarez &Marsal now working inside Lehman (down from a peak of 185), including Mr. Marsal himself.

New Atalanta coach Gigi del Neri wants to take Alvarez on a season-long loan.

The new Miss World, Mariasela Alvarez Lebron from the Dominican Republic, shot back: "I am a virgin and proud of it.

He serves as Lehman’s C.E.O., while John Suckow, an Alvarez & Marsal managing director, is Lehman’s president and chief operating officer.