Year after year, clients turn to our attorneys for help with litigation and transactions relating to all types of bankruptcy and insolvency issues. We're consistently recognized for our extensive experience in both commercial and consumer issues, including a U.S. News "Top Law Firms" national top ranking in Bankruptcy Litigation and Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, along with attorneys ranked as leading attorneys by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers. We understand the financial industry, and we work closely with clients in matters involving debtor/creditor relationships, including troubled asset restructuring.
Services offered in the bankruptcy and commercial restructuring arena include:
- Bankruptcy and creditors' rights, including committee representation
- Insolvency planning and transactions
- Loan workouts for creditor and borrower clients
- Collections and repossessions
- Foreclosures
- Lien disputes and quiet title litigation
- Chapters 7, 13 and 11 representation
We also represent buyers and sellers in connection with sales arising out of bankruptcy, insolvency and liquidation proceedings. We are routinely involved in pre-bankruptcy planning issues, and have served as bankruptcy trustees and examiners in large Chapter 11 cases. We regularly represent Creditors' Committees, Bondholders' Committees, Trustees and Examiners in Chapter 11 cases, and serve as state court receivers. In Chapter 11 proceedings, we have represented secured lenders in numerous commercial bankruptcies with a wide variety of collateral ranging from real estate to accounts receivable to intellectual property. In the growing area of insolvency transactions, we have assisted clients in the sale/purchase of numerous assets, including manufacturing facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, restaurant chains, hotels, golf courses, office buildings, aircraft, real estate, personal property and a variety of other business operations.
Our experience in consumer credit issues is extensive. We have handled numerous trials of consumer credit issues before U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for major mortgage companies, automotive creditors, secured lenders and other financing sources. We have also coordinated regional representation of several national consumer lenders in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases, and defended class action litigation brought by a bankruptcy trustee in consumer cases.