John McJunkin

Shareholder

Washington, D.C.
T: 202.508.3450
F: 202.220.2250

John McJunkin is managing shareholder in the Washington, D.C. office and a member of Baker Donelson's Board of Directors. He routinely represents creditor clients faced with insolvency/troubled loan issues in and around Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.

Featured Experience

Lead counsel for lenders in contested foreclosure litigation at large high rise apartment complexes subject to HUD rules and regulations.

Lead counsel for secured lenders successfully challenging cramdown plans of reorganization in Chapter 11 commercial real estate cases.

Lead counsel for senior secured lenders in Chapter 11 and converted Chapter 7 cases involving first priority secured loans and mezzanine financing.

Professional Biography

In addition, Mr. McJunkin has a national practice representing and protecting creditors' rights in loan workouts, business bankruptcies, foreclosures, and commercial litigation. He offers clients a broad range of services that include negotiating and documenting workout arrangements of complex lending relationships, and helping commercial borrowers in workout negotiations and bankruptcy planning.

Mr. McJunkin's 27-plus years of commercial litigation experience includes prosecuting and defending lawsuits and arbitrations arising out of lending relationships, as well as contractual matters, real estate disputes, franchise issues, title insurance matters, and business torts. He also has considerable experience litigating technology licensing issues, preferences and fraudulent conveyances, and sales of assets and cash collateral matters in the context of Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcies.

Lead counsel for lenders in contested foreclosure litigation at large high rise apartment complexes subject to HUD rules and regulations.
Lead counsel for secured lenders successfully challenging cramdown plans of reorganization in Chapter 11 commercial real estate cases.
Lead counsel for senior secured lenders in Chapter 11 and converted Chapter 7 cases involving first priority secured loans and mezzanine financing.
Coordinated auction sales of various businesses in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases and litigated 506(c) and administrative claim issues related to the post-petition operations of multiple debtors.
Lead U.S. counsel in the loan workout/restructuring of a multinational corporation with substantial assets in Argentina and Brazil.
Negotiated treatment of $260 million in secured debt in a proposed pre-arranged plan of reorganization.
Lead bankruptcy and litigation counsel on behalf of a securitized loan servicer on $300+ million in loans secured by commercial real estate in multiple states.
Lead counsel for vendor financier in Chapter 11 cases of telecommunication companies around the country (California, Washington, D.C., New York, Colorado, Delaware, Arizona and Virginia).
Lead lender's counsel on numerous HUD-insured loans involving litigation and bankruptcy related to large apartment complexes in Virginia, Illinois, South Carolina, Connecticut and the District of Columbia.
Lead counsel for telecommunications manufacturer in connection with sale of updated telecommunication infrastructure system to Puerto Rican telecom company that filed Chapter 11.
Multiple cases representing lenders in the hospitality industry faced with non-performing hotel loans that resulted in receivership litigation, contested foreclosures and litigation of "bad boy" guaranty obligations.
Lead counsel on numerous cases involving mediation and alternative dispute resolution where expensive litigation was avoided and favorable outcomes achieved through ADR.

AV^® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America^® for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2020 – 2024); Litigation - Bankruptcy (2023, 2024)
Listed in Chambers USA as a leading Bankruptcy/Restructuring lawyer in the District of Columbia (since 2010)
Listed in Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers in the area of Bankruptcy: Business (2018 – 2024)
Previously listed in D.C. and Virginia Super Lawyers in the area of bankruptcy litigation (2006 – 2007)
Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll (2019 – 2021)
Master, Walter Chandler American Inn of Court

"Baker's Dozen – Tips and Insights on Partnering to Advance Women," Women's Initiative Newsletter (October 2021)
"CARES Act Expands the Small Business Reorganization Act – Lenders Beware" (March 30, 2020)
Contributor – "Trigild Deskbook: Guide to Receivership & Foreclosure," (Virginia section) (2009 – 2012)

Co-presenter – "Remedial Action in Southeastern States: Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C.," webinar (November 2014)
Citibank Global Remedial Forum, Armonk, NY (December 2013)
"New Developments in Lender Liability and Workouts," Dallas, TX (March 2011)

Coronavirus and Financial Institutions: What Banks and Lenders Need to Know (March 2020)

Five Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2023 Edition of Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers (April 22, 2024)
Three Baker Donelson Attorneys Elected to the Board of Directors (January 4, 2024)
Baker Donelson Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2024 Listing (August 17, 2023)
Chambers USA Ranks 80 Baker Donelson Attorneys in 2023 Edition (June 2, 2023)
Four Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2023 Edition of Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers (April 24, 2023)
Baker Donelson Attorneys Earn Recognition in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 Listing (August 18, 2022)
79 Baker Donelson Attorneys Ranked in Chambers USA 2022 (June 6, 2022)
Four Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2022 Edition of Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers (April 28, 2022)
Aviation Attorney James Janaitis Joins Baker Donelson (March 30, 2022)
Baker Donelson Grows Global Business Practice with Addition of Senior Commerce Official in D.C. and Cross-Border Transactions Attorney in Atlanta (October 7, 2021)
Baker Donelson Attorneys Earn Recognition in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 Listing (August 19, 2021)
80 Baker Donelson Attorneys Ranked in Chambers USA 2021 (May 25, 2021)
7 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2021 Edition of Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers (April 27, 2021)
Baker Donelson Top-Listed in the Nation in Six Practice Areas in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2021 Listing (August 20, 2020)
78 Baker Donelson Attorneys Ranked in Chambers USA 2020 (April 27, 2020)
11 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2020 Edition of Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers (April 21, 2020)
John McJunkin Named Managing Shareholder of Baker Donelson's Washington, D.C. Office (July 1, 2019)
Baker Donelson Achieves High Rankings in Chambers USA 2019 (April 30, 2019)

John McJunkin Featured in Daily Record Q&A (July 16, 2019)

Coronavirus and Financial Institutions: What Banks and Lenders Need to Know (March 25, 2020)

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Education

University of Cincinnati, J.D., 1987
- Order of the Barristers
Hampden – Sydney College, B.A., 1984, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

District of Columbia, 1989
Maryland, 1993
Virginia, 1990
North Carolina, 1987

Featured Media

Five Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2023 Edition of Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers

Press Release / April 22, 2024

Three Baker Donelson Attorneys Elected to the Board of Directors

Press Release / January 4, 2024

Baker Donelson Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2024 Listing

Press Release / August 17, 2023

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