Creditors’ Rights

Our lawyers vigorously defend the rights and interests of both secured and unsecured creditors in out-of-court workouts as well as bankruptcy proceedings in order to obtain all available remedies. Our clients include individual and corporate creditors, as well as unsecured creditors’ committees appointed by the Bankruptcy Court and clients seated on those committees.

Our work on behalf of creditors includes:

• Relief from automatic stay
• Dismissal and conversion of bankruptcy cases
• Negotiation and litigation concerning plans of reorganization
• Negotiation with senior secured lenders
• Enforcement of liens, mortgages and security interests
• Enforcement of rights under executory contracts and leases
• Litigation of cash collateral motions
• Counseling on related legal issues, including tax planning

Our representative experience in protecting the rights of creditors includes:

• Served as counsel to official unsecured creditors’ committees in oil and gas, trucking, healthcare and other bankruptcies
• Served as counsel for ad hoc committees of secured lenders in trucking and other bankruptcies
• Served as creditors’ committee counsel in contesting claims of large secured creditors
• Represented creditors seeking to transfer bankruptcy cases to other districts
• Served as liquidating agent for rural hospital chain
• Served as trustee in multiple business cases, including those involving gaming, retail and manufacturing industries.