Correction, 1/18/2013, 11:45 a.m. EST: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the judge overseeing Howrey’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali in San Francisco. The information has been corrected in the 10th paragraph below. We regret the error.

Nearly two years after Howrey went under, the trustee overseeing the defunct firm’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy is ramping up his efforts to recover tens of millions of dollars from former partners and the firms they moved to.