Delta and Northwest Airlines both declared bankruptcy this week. Imagine how many law firms the DEBTORS themselves needed.

Delta = 7

• Davis Polk & Wardwell as Attorneys for the Debtors
• Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP as Counsel for Debtors and Debtors-in-Possession with Respect to Conflicts and Other Designated Matters
• Debevoise & Plimpton LLP as Special Aircraft Counsel for the Debtors
• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as Counsel with Respect to Labor, Corporate Governance, Ethics and Litigation Issues for the Debtors
• Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP as Special Counsel with Respect to Certain Labor, Corporate, Tax, and Immigration Issues for the Debtors
• Alston & Bird LLP as Special Pension and Employee Benefits Counsel for the Debtors
• Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. as Special Aviation Regulatory, Government Procurement and Securities Law Matters for the Debtors

Northwest = 8

• Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP as attorneys for the debtors
• Arnold & Porter LLP as special bankruptcy labor counsel
• Groom Law Group, Chartered, as special employee benefits counsel for the Debtors
• Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP as special corporate counsel for the Debtors
• Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP as special antitrust and litigation counsel for the Debtors
• Dorsey & Whitney LLP as special litigation, employment retirement income security act and commercial counsel for the Debtors
• Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP as special labor counsel for the Debtors
• Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP as conflicts counsel to the Debtors