Contacts
- Deborah Williamson Leader210-554-5275
Professionals
- Aberman, Jonathan
- Ashmore, Alison
- Bartek, Diann
- Bryant, Jr., M. David
- Burkett, Natasha
- Chang, Jong-Ju
- Farrell, Sherrie
- Fine, Jeffrey
- Finkelstein, William
- Giltner, Teresa
- Huffstickler, Patrick
- Laguna, Jeana
- Mroczkowski, Steven
- Peacock, Dawn
- Pierce, Darrell
- Raheem, Rasul
- Rahn, Alexandria
- Riley, Cliff
- Rushing, Danielle
- Segal, Gary
- Silverman, Mark
- Snyder, Ariel
- Stephani, Michael
- Tatoiu, Anda
- Toby, Sheryl
- Umari, Basil
- Weil, Edward
- White, Eric
- Williamson, Deborah
- Zugaro, Nicholas
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Overview
Dykema’s Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors’ Rights practice is committed to delivering timely, creative, practical and cost-effective solutions to the challenges that face creditors and financially distressed companies. Nationally ranked as a “Best Law Firm for Banking and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization” by U.S. News, our team of bankruptcy attorneys, transactional lawyers and litigators is distinguished by its extensive experience in this quickly evolving area.
We represent money center and regional banks, in addition to clients from numerous industries, including automotive, general manufacturing, retail, hospitality, construction and health care. Drawing on resources from across the Firm, we have advised lenders, middle-market businesses, insurance companies, municipalities, landlords, and creditors’ committees on the full spectrum of insolvency-related matters, including restructurings of existing credit facilities, in-and out-of-court workouts, Chapter 11 reorganizations and Chapter 7 liquidations.
Areas of specialization include:
Asset Purchases
In business, one company’s crisis is inevitably another company's opportunity. Dykema’s team of bankruptcy practitioners, mergers and acquisitions attorneys and litigators is adept at identifying both the challenges and the opportunities inherent in situations involving financially distressed companies.
We counsel purchasers attempting to acquire assets from troubled companies, whether through sales by secured creditors under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), sales by receivers and assignees for the benefit of creditors, or sales by bankruptcy trustees and debtors-in-possession under Section 363 of the bankruptcy code.
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Litigation
The highly charged and fast-paced nature of bankruptcy litigation requires a combination of strategic insight and comprehensive experience in order to prevail. At Dykema, we have established ourselves as one of the nation’s strongest trial and litigation firms. When combined with our specialized knowledge of the Bankruptcy Code, our litigation experience has helped our firm obtain favorable resolutions—in a host of forums—for all types of insolvency-related litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution.
Our bankruptcy litigators provide exceptional service to companies involved in the full spectrum of insolvency-related disputes. This includes representation of lenders foreclosing on all types of properties, such as farms, commercial, retail and office properties, apartment buildings, partially completed residential developments and industrial, specialty and mixed-use properties. In addition, we vigorously represent defendants in lawsuits to avoid and recover preferences and fraudulent transfers, and whose claims in bankruptcy are contested. Our litigators also represent receivers in cutting-edge matters involving their right to seize rents and other assets held by owners and/or borrowers.
Since the result of a bankruptcy dispute dramatically impacts the future of the parties involved, our goal is to help clients resolve business disputes—in- and out-of-court—as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.
Creditors’ Committees and Trustee Representation
Given the fiduciary duties imposed on creditors’ committees and bankruptcy trustees, it is more important than ever to engage counsel with the experience, knowledge and insight to ensure that those duties are fulfilled.
Dykema’s Creditors’ Committees and Trustee practice is dedicated to maximizing return for clients in distressed situations. Moreover, the broad and diverse experience of our lawyers helps us manage the often conflicting interests of creditors’ committees and their constituents. With these tools in hand, we have successfully formulated and implemented strategies on behalf of trustees and creditors’ committees in respect to:
- Investigating of the activities of debtor's officers, directors and shareholders
- Commencing litigation that will enhance recovery to unsecured creditors
- Analyzing and objecting to claims
- Structuring and documenting reorganization plans
- Case administration
Representation of Financial Institutions
At Dykema, we bring decades of experience to our representation of financial institutions in a wide range of bankruptcy and insolvency issues. Our lawyers apply an interdisciplinary approach to craft solutions for commercial banks and other financial entities facing the challenges of insolvency-related matters.
We represent commercial banks, real estate investment trusts and other lenders that have made secured and unsecured loans to businesses that have encountered subsequent economic hardship.
Financial institutions benefit from our counsel and from the range of services we can deploy to reach successful resolutions of their insolvency-related issues. Our work in this area includes:
- Negotiating out-of-court workouts and forbearance agreements
- Restructuring loans
- Financing Chapter 11 debtors through debtor-in-possession financing and cash collateral orders
- Negotiating adequate protection for use, or prohibiting use, of a creditor’s collateral by a bankrupt company
- Recovering possession of a client’s property from borrowers both in and outside of bankruptcy cases
- Proposing and confirming plans of reorganization or liquidation on behalf of creditors in cases under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code
- Foreclosure sales under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
- Assignments for the benefit of creditors
In-and Out-of-Court Restructurings and Liquidations
When it comes to restructurings and liquidations, one size never fits all. Our team provides targeted, customized solutions for clients confronting the challenges of distressed asset or non-performing loan situations. Our team of bankruptcy practitioners leverages decades of experience in debtor-creditor laws, in- and out-of-court restructurings, workouts and liquidations to identify winning options and develop strategies for a broad base of financial institution, real estate, manufacturing and middle-market business clients. We represent these clients in every aspect of restructuring and reorganization so that they may both maximize their recovery in troubled credit situations and minimize their risk and expense. We also have experience in liquidating a wide variety of assets, from airplanes and racetracks to perfume factories and shipping vessels.
We represent creditors successfully in all types of restructurings and reorganizations, including Chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court restructurings, recovery of pledged collateral, realizing upon liens, and security interests and defense against claims that have been asserted, and prosecution of claims against debtors.
For financially distressed businesses, we provide focused guidance and representation to clients in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 proceedings, as well as in- and out-of-court restructuring, sales under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), and assignments for the benefit of creditors. We have a substantial record of success in resolutions based on strategies such as working with secured and unsecured creditors; settling guaranteed obligations; collecting assets; liquidating claims; out-of-court composition; receiverships; assignments for the benefit of creditors, asset sales and out-of-court workouts to avoid bankruptcy proceedings.
Landlord Representation
The economic climate of recent years has created new challenges for landlords and property owners. Drawing from our experience providing cost-effective strategies that are innovative, realistic and value-driven, Dykema has established a successful history advising owners of real estate who face challenges associated with their financially distressed tenants. In these matters, our goal is to ultimately limit client risk and liability while making the most of client assets.
We have experience with the full array of real estate assets. We represent landlords and owners of office buildings, malls and retail centers, industrial properties and multifamily housing projects.
Representative areas of practice include:
- Forbearance agreements
- Property management issues, including distressed property and “turnaround” situations
- Reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code
- Assumption and assignment of tenant leases
- Enforcing claims for lease rejection damages against bankrupt tenants
Representation of Distressed Businesses
Creative, value-driven counsel is critical to businesses enmeshed in bankruptcy and insolvency-related matters. Dykema lawyers approach the Firm’s representation of distressed businesses armed with a thorough grounding in the intricacies of bankruptcy and debtor-creditor laws. We use forward-thinking, yet practical strategies to find viable, risk-reducing solutions for our clients.
Importantly, clients benefit from the perspective gained from our regular representation of lenders and other creditors. For businesses encountering financial hardships, we use this complementary experience to ensure that we approach every matter with a deep understanding of both sides of the issues.
We bring decades of experience in all aspects of law surrounding financially troubled companies. Our lawyers are trusted advisors to clients from the automotive, general manufacturing, commercial real estate, retail, hospitality and health care industries.
Dykema’s bankruptcy and insolvency team is experienced with the full range of insolvency-related matters, including:
- Preparing and filing for Chapter 11 relief
- Complex automotive-related workouts, both in- and out-of-bankruptcy
- Multimillion dollar corporate restructuring transactions
- Litigation prior to or during bankruptcy proceedings
- Liquidation of assets
- Real estate loan restructurings and foreclosures
- Issues related to supply chain management
Experience Matters
Representative bankruptcy matters include:
- Serving as lead counsel to one of the largest U.S. airports in more than 25 bankruptcies, working in conjunction with the United States Department of Transportation on Passenger Facility Charge litigation on behalf of various airports in airline bankruptcy cases nationwide
- Representing a North Texas municipality in Chapter 9
- Representing a major land developer in the municipal bankruptcy of City of Westlake, Texas, in litigation arising from de-annexation of land
- Serving as lead bankruptcy counsel on ad valorem personal property tax issues arising from taxation of transient property, such as airplanes and truck fleets
- Serving as lead bankruptcy counsel in cases relating to assertion of claims over failed special revenue bonds issued by various municipalities
- Serving as lead bankruptcy counsel in environmental cases including large environmental trusts
- Representing a health care REIT in the national Chapter 11 cases of nursing home chains that were lessees of the REIT-owned facilities or borrowers from the REIT
- Working closely with the State of Michigan during the restructuring phase of a publicly traded health care provider
- Representing, as sole lead financing counsel, a global performance material and specialty chemical manufacturer in its $2.05 billion Chapter 11 exit financing facility from the commitment letter stage through closing
- Representing a public healthcare company in an out-of-court restructuring
- Representing a global leading apparel manufacturer in structuring, negotiation, documentation and closing of a first-lien credit facility, second-lien credit facility and bridge loan facility aggregating approximately $3.1 billion
- Representing, as the sole debt counsel, an automotive supplier in the structuring, negotiation, documentation and closing its $725 million debtor-in-possession financing. The transaction included simultaneous negotiations with the supplier’s customers, which included most of the world’s major automotive companies and related interested parties
- Serving as co-counsel in the successful Chapter 11 reorganization of a major cargo and charter passenger airline
- Serving as lead counsel in the successful Chapter 11 reorganizations of:
- The second largest vinyl and aluminum window manufacturer in the United States requiring negotiation with unions, landlords and secured lender groups
- Electrical Cooperatives
- A VOIP telecommunications company
- Defense companies
- Community hospitals
- Oil and Gas companies
- Commercial and residential real estate developers
- Multi-state retailers
- Multi-state restaurant chains
- Suppliers
- Hospitality companies including hotels
- Serving as unsecured creditor committee counsel in successful Chapter 11 reorganization of:
- A major league baseball team
- The second largest electric generator in the United States
News
- November 16, 2020
- September 25, 2020
- August 3, 2020
- July 27, 2020
- July 20, 2020
- July 14, 2020
- July 14, 2020
- June 8, 2020
- May 18, 2020
- April 26, 2020
- April 22, 2020
- April 17, 2020
- April 6, 2020
- April 3, 2020
- April 2, 2020
- April 2020
- March 12, 2020
- January 15, 2020
- November 12, 2019
- September 17, 2019
- August 26, 2019
- Thomas Sanders and Deborah Williamson Named 2019 Outstanding Lawyers by San Antonio Business JournalAugust 12, 2019
- April 18, 2019
- March 28, 2019
- January 22, 2019
- September 4, 2018
- September 4, 2018
- August 8, 2018
- April 24, 2018
- September 5, 2017
- March 8, 2017
- Aired dates of March 5, 2017 and March 11, 2017
- November 16, 2016
- October 30, 2016
- September 23, 2016
- August 26, 2016
- July 28, 2016
- July 28, 2016
- July 15, 2016
- July 5, 2016
- June 17, 2016
- May 27, 2016
- Deborah Williamson Quoted in Reuters and CFO Magazine Articles on Energy Industry Bankruptcy FilingsMay 18, 2016
- May 11, 2016
- April 28, 2016
- April 28, 2016
- April 27, 2016
- April 14, 2016
- April 12, 2016
- April 7, 2016
- March 18, 2016
- March 17, 2016
- March 17, 2016
- February 28, 2016
- February 25, 2016
- February 24, 2016
- February 23, 2016
- December 11, 2015
- August 26, 2015
- June 17, 2015
- June 17, 2015
- May 19, 2015
- March 6, 2015
- December 1, 2014
- October 8, 2014
- June 4, 2014
- June 3, 2014
- May 9, 2014
- April 7, 2014
- March 10, 2014
- July 8, 2013
- June 21, 2013
- March 18, 2013
- March 13, 2013
- November 16, 2012
- November 7, 2012
- November 2, 2012
- May 24, 2012
- ReutersJuly 1, 2011
Press Releases
- January 29, 2021
- December 2, 2020
- November 5, 2020
- October 19, 2020
- September 18, 2020
- August 27, 2020
- August 20, 2020
- May 8, 2020
- April 23, 2020
- March 6, 2020
- January 29, 2020
- January 27, 2020
- January 24, 2020
- January 7, 2020
- November 1, 2019
- September 3, 2019
- August 22, 2019
- August 15, 2019
- April 25, 2019
- March 7, 2019
- January 28, 2019
- January 10, 2019
- November 8, 2018
- November 1, 2018
- September 17, 2018
- September 7, 2018
- September 6, 2018
- August 15, 2018
- May 3, 2018
- March 12, 2018
- February 13, 2018
- January 25, 2018
- November 1, 2017
- September 5, 2017
- August 15, 2017
- July 5, 2017
- May 26, 2017
- May 1, 2017
- April 25, 2017
- March 8, 2017
- January 13, 2017
- November 1, 2016
- September 6, 2016
- September 1, 2016
- August 15, 2016
- July 5, 2016
- May 27, 2016
- March 7, 2016
- February 15, 2016
- January 11, 2016
- November 16, 2015
- November 10, 2015
- November 2, 2015
- September 8, 2015
- September 8, 2015
- August 18, 2015
- July 7, 2015
- May 28, 2015
- January 13, 2015
- December 22, 2014
- November 20, 2014
- November 3, 2014
- July 15, 2014
- November 29, 2012
- June 6, 2012
- May 23, 2012
- October 27, 2011
- February 22, 2011
- February 7, 2011
- March 22, 2010
- May 13, 2009
- April 28, 2009
Publications
- American Bankruptcy InstituteJanuary 2021
- NextGen Financial Services ReportJanuary 25, 2021https://www.nextgenfinancialservicesreport.com/2021/01/bankruptcys-new-normal-the-consolidated-appropriations-act-distances-from-the-bankruptcy-code-to-provide-further-covid-relief/
- Law360January 22, 2021
- CFOMay 13, 2020
- NextGen Financial Services ReportMay 11, 2020https://www.nextgenfinancialservicesreport.com/2020/05/bankruptcy-on-ice-iii-the-freeze-extends-temporary-suspensions-of-chapter-11-cases/
- NextGen Financial Services ReportMay 5, 2020https://www.nextgenfinancialservicesreport.com/2020/05/are-debtors-eligible-to-receive-ppp-loans-bankrupt-companies-and-the-sba-wage-war-over-critical-cares-act-program-eligibility/
- NextGen Financial Services ReportApril 23, 2020https://www.nextgenfinancialservicesreport.com/2020/04/bankruptcy-on-ice-ii-an-early-spring-thaw-for-bankruptcy-courts/
- Law360April 16, 2020https://www.law360.com/articles/1259365/illinois-courts-may-increasingly-embrace-equity-receiverships
- NextGen Financial Services ReportApril 16, 2020https://www.nextgenfinancialservicesreport.com/2020/04/bankruptcy-on-ice-retail-debtors-taking-steps-to-freeze-chapter-11-bankruptcy-proceedings-based-on-covid-19-issues/
- NextGen Financial Services ReportMarch 26, 2020https://www.nextgenfinancialservicesreport.com/2020/03/how-the-cares-act-will-impact-small-business-bankruptcies/
- NextGen Financial Services ReportMarch 20, 2020https://www.nextgenfinancialservicesreport.com/2020/03/bankruptcy-courts-remain-open-for-business/
- NextGen Financial Services ReportMarch 5, 2020https://www.nextgenfinancialservicesreport.com/2020/03/bankers-are-you-having-the-right-conversations-with-your-customers-around-covid-1/
- NextGen Financial Services ReportAugust 26, 2019https://www.nextgenfinancialservicesreport.com/2019/08/new-bankruptcy-laws-offer-hope-for-small-businesses-family-farmers-and-service-members/
- Business Law TodayAugust 26, 2019https://businesslawtoday.org/2019/08/effectiveness-contractual-receivership-clauses-operating-companies/
- NextGen Financial Services ReportAugust 13, 2019https://www.nextgenfinancialservicesreport.com/2019/08/importance-of-careful-drafting-of-intercreditor-agreements-highlighted-by-recent-federal-appeals-court-ruling/
- Intellectual Property MagazineJuly/August 2019
- NextGen Financial Services ReportJune 6, 2019https://www.nextgenfinancialservicesreport.com/2019/06/creditor-beware-supreme-court-rejects-good-faith-defense-to-violations-of-bankruptcy-discharge-orders/
- Business Law TodayJanuary 10, 2019https://businesslawtoday.org/2019/01/five-simple-rules-house-counsel-avoid-hidden-insolvency-rabbit-hole-commercial-transactions-practical-guide/
- Westlaw Journal: BankruptcyOctober 4, 2018
- The Bankruptcy StrategistAugust 1, 2018http://www.lawjournalnewsletters.com/2018/08/01/due-diligence-in-distressed-community-hospitals/
- Strategic Alternatives For And Against Distressed Businesses, Thomson Reuters2018
- "Doing the Deal Right: Mitigating the Threat of Insolvency Before It’s Too Late"Business Law TodaySeptember 23, 2016
- Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy LawSeptember 2016
- American Bankruptcy Institute Business Reorganization Committee NewsletterJune 29, 2016http://www.abi.org/committee-post/state-courts-re-balance-fraudulent-transfer-litigation-and-ponzi-scheme-presumptions
- "Forbearance Agreements," Chapter Co-AuthorStrategic Alternatives For and Against Distressed Businesses, Thomson Reuters2016
- When Gushers Go Dry: The Essentials of Oil & Gas Bankruptcy, Co-AuthorAmerican Bankruptcy InstituteJanuary 2016
- Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy LawJanuary 2016
- "Circuit Review," ContributorAmerican College of Bankruptcy2010/2011 Issue
- Chicago Daily Law BulletinJuly 30, 2015http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/Archives/2015/07/30/Heather-Kramer-forum-7-30-15.aspx
- Commercial Bankruptcy AlternativesJune 24, 2015https://www.dailydac.com/commercialbankruptcy/alternatives/articles/when-her-smile-is-a-thin-disguise-how-to-stop-a-lying-judgment-debtor-from-obtaining-a-bankruptcy-discharge
- "Benchnotes" column, author and editorAmerican Bankruptcy Institute Journal2009 – 2018
- "Bankruptcy Year-in-Review," column, author and co-authorTexas Bar Journal2011-Present
- American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, coordinating editor2009 - Present
- “How Bankruptcy Firms Stay Afloat During Ch. 11 Slump,” Deborah D. Williamson Interviewed by Law360March 12, 2015
- "If It Walks Like a Duck…In Re Duckworth: Another Warning to Lenders to Take Care in Drafting Security Documents"Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy LawMarch 2, 2015
- Metropolitan Corporate CounselFebruary 9, 2015http://metrocorpcounsel.com/articles/31738/second-circuit-expands-bankruptcy-code%E2%80%99s-safe-harbor-protection-transferees-ponzi-sch
- Metropolitan Corporate CounselNovember 19, 2014http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/articles/30850/going-offensive-quick-and-aggressive-responses-bad-faith-bankruptcy-filings
- "Turning Paper into Cash: Post-Judgement Collection Methods"Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy LawAugust 2014
- "OSG Bankruptcy Highlights Usefulness of Rights Offerings," Co-AuthorLaw360June 2, 2014
- Commercial Law League of AmericaApril 2014
- Special Focus: Plan Release ProvisionsCommercial Bankruptcy Litigation (3d ed.)January 1, 2014
- "2013 Year in Review: Bankruptcy Law," by Mark Andrews and Aaron Kaufman, 77-1 Tex. B.J. 45-47 (Jan. 2014)January 1, 2014
- "2013 Update to Special Problems in Commercial Real Estate Bankruptcy Cases"IICLE Commercial Bankruptcy HandbookNovember 2013
- Pre-Petition Waivers of the Automatic Stay: Lender Satisfaction Not GuaranteedNorton Journal of Bankruptcy Law & PracticeJuly 1, 2013
- "Section 1111(b) Scenarios"ABI Annual Spring Meeting Educational MaterialsApril 19, 2013
- "Ethical Rules that a California Attorney Must Consider When Using Social Media"ABI Committee News, Ethics and Professional Compensation CommitteeApril 2013
- "Key Employee Incentive Programs Make 'Cents' for Creditors"American Bankruptcy Institute JournalNovember 2012
- Smart Business DallasOctober 2012
- Undoing Receiverships in BankruptcyAmerican Bankruptcy Institute Real Estate Committee NewsletterOctober 1, 2012
- August 2012
- "Technology Licensing: Understanding the Intersection of Bankruptcy Law and Technology Licensing"InsideCounsel.comFebruary 3, 2012
- When Gushers Go Dry - A Guide to Oil and Gas Bankruptcy, by Deborah D. WilliamsonJanuary 1, 2012
- "A Test for Determining Whether a Claim is Derivative or Direct," by Deborah D. Williamson, ABA Section of Litigation, Bankruptcy and InsolvencyJuly 14, 2011
- IICLE Bankruptcy HandbookApril 2011
- Review for DealmakersJuly 2010
- Supply & Demand Chain ExecutiveJuly 2009
- "Danger Ahead: Director Liability During the Zone of Insolvency"Dallas Business JournalFebruary 6, 2009
- Bankruptcy and Restructuring Chapter 11 StrategiesFebruary 2009
- "Creditors' Committees Under the Microscope – Recent Developments Highlight the Hazards of Self-Dealing"American Bankruptcy Institute JournalSeptember 2007
- Bankruptcy Litigation for the Commercial Litigator, by Deborah D. WilliamsonJanuary 1, 2007
- "Bankruptcy Can Resolve Difficult Business Issues"Michigan Lawyers WeeklyAugust 2002
Events & Speaking Engagements
- January 26, 2021
- November 20, 2020
- November 5, 2020
- November 4, 2020
- October 22, 2020
- The Unique World of Automotive Supplier Financial Distress and Bankruptcies, ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee WebinarJanuary 23, 2019
- June 19, 2018
- Recent Updates, Speaker, 36th Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference, Austin, TexasNovember 16, 2017
- February 9, 2017
- Bankruptcy Considerations for In-House Counsel, 15th Annual Advanced In-House Counsel ConferenceAugust 11, 2016
- May 24, 2016
- Outlook for Restructuring/Insolvency in Several Sectors, Including Retail, Healthcare and Energy - Specifically Address Energy (Oil and Gas), 2016 Bankruptcy Outlook with Bloomberg Law, New York, NYMarch 29, 2016
- March 29, 2016
- ABI Commission Report: Proposed Amendments and Their Impact on Valuation, Panel Moderator, VALCON 2016, Las Vegas, NevadaMarch 15, 2016
- Bankruptcy 101 for Lenders, Troubled Companies and Business Bankruptcy Primer, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
- Where Will the Work be in 2016? Sector Focus on Bankruptcy and Restructuring, New York, New YorkJanuary 26, 2016
- ABI Commission to study the reform of Chapter 11 Recommendations, Panelist, 21st Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, Denver, ColoradoJanuary 22, 2016
- ABI Commission To Study the Reform of Chapter 11 Recommendations, ABI Conference, Denver, ColoradoJanuary 22, 2016
- Recent Developments, 33rd Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference, University of TexasNovember 12, 2015
- ABI Bankruptcy Reform Commission, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Miami, FloridaSeptember 28, 2015
- Oil and Gas Issues in Bankruptcy, ABI Southwest Conference, Las Vegas, NevadaSeptember 11, 2015
- September 11, 2015
- July 8, 2015
- Analysis of the Supreme Court's Baker Botts v. ASARCO Decision, Speaker, The State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Law Section, Telephone CLEJune 24, 2015
- The Intersection of Ethics and Discovery (What Attorneys Need to Know), Panel Moderator, American Bankruptcy Institute's 22nd Annual Central States Bankruptcy WorkshopJune 13, 2015
- Business: The Future of Chapter 11, Speaker, 11th Anniversary, Texas Bench/Bar Bankruptcy ConferenceMay 29, 2015
- May 27, 2015
- "Business Bankruptcy Case Updates," co-author, Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference (UTCLE)2009 - Present
- Ethics: Chapter 11 Commission Recommendations on Professional Fees and Expenses, Speaker, American Bankruptcy Institute 33rd Annual Spring MeetingApril 16, 2015
- Distressed Municipalities: The Battle Outside of Bankruptcy, Turnaround Management Association Spring Conference, Detroit, MichiganApril 2015
- Energy Cases, American Bankruptcy Institute Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy ConferenceJanuary 22, 2015
- "Hot Topics in Financial Restructuring," author and speaker, PwC Deals Leadership Summit 2015, Grapevine, TexasJanuary 5, 2015
- Help, My Hospital is Sick, University of Texas at Austin – 33rd Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy ConferenceNovember 20, 2014
- Recent Developments in Bankruptcy 2014, Speaker, University of Texas at Austin – 32nd Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy ConferenceNovember 20, 2014
- September 4, 2014
- Bankruptcy: Get in the Game, Northern District Bench Bar ConferenceJune 20, 2014
- The 1111(b) Election: Advanced Mathematics and Strategies, ABI WebinarJune 12, 2014
- Chapter 15 Overview and Update, Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy SectionMay 7, 2014
- Secrecy in Bankruptcy: Sealing the Record and Confidentiality Agreements, Panelist and Co-Author, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Bankruptcy Seminar2014
- ABI Spring Meeting "18th Annual Great Debates-Past Presidents' Debate," Speaker, Washington, DCApril 25, 2014
- Healthcare Provider Bankruptcies, Panelist, Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference2014
- 1111(b) Election, Plan Feasibility and Election Issues, ABI WebinarJuly 15, 2013
- A 180º Strategy for the New Troubled Supplier, 2013 Motor Vehicle Metals & Resins Conference, Troy, MichiganMay 23, 2013
- Municipal Bankruptcy and the Anatomy of a Defaulted Lease, 2013 AGLF/ELFA Public Sector Finance ForumMay 9, 2013
- Cross Border Insolvencies, Panelist, Center For American and International Law2013
- The 1111(b) Election, Plan Feasibility and Cramdown Issues, Panelist, ABI Annual Spring MeetingApril 19, 2013
- Are Capacity Constraints Paralyzing Your Supply Chain?, Automotive News Power Training, Panelist on WebinarApril 16, 2013
- September 13, 2012
- June 5, 2012 (Los Angeles-area)
- May 23, 2012 (Detroit) and May 24, 2012 (Chicago)
- What Bankruptcy Lawyers Should Know About the WARN Act, Dallas Bar Association Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section, Dallas, TexasMay 2, 2012
- Bankruptcy Litigation Training, Instructor, ABI Litigation Skills Symposium2012
- Alternatives to Chapter 11, 85th Annual National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Tampa FL (Panel moderator)October 14, 2011
- September 8, 2011
- "Hot Bankruptcy Topics in the Fifth Circuit: The Rise of Class Actions, the Fall of Gift Plans and That Equitable Mootness Doctrine," panelist and co-author, Dallas Bar Association: Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, Dallas, TexasApril 6, 2011
- Tenant Defaults and Bankruptcies, BOMA Suburban ChicagoJune 30, 2010
- Identifying M&A Opportunities in the Distressed Marketplace, M&A Source webinarMay 25, 2010
- Growth Through Acquisition of Distressed Assets, Third Annual Working with Private Equity Groups, University of Chicago, Booth School of BusinessFebruary 6, 2010
- Auto Industry Panel, ABI New York City Bankruptcy Conference, New York, NY (Panel member)June 16, 2009
- Ramifications of Auto Dealer Bankruptcies, Auto Lender's Roundtable (Speaker)January 2009
- Executory Contracts, Business Bankruptcy, 2008 ABA Section of Business Law Spring Meeting (Speaker)April 2008
Articles & Alerts
- January 28, 2021
- April 8, 2020
- March 24, 2020
- November 14, 2019
- July 16, 2014
- Recent Case Serves as a Reminder that Both Tax and Bankruptcy Law Implications Should be ConsideredSeptember 17, 2012
- June 4, 2012
- April 20, 2012
- February 1, 2012
- March 26, 2010
- March 18, 2010