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John dedicates the majority of his practice to bankruptcy and related matters including bankruptcy litigation and out-of-court restructurings throughout the United States. As such, a portion of John’s practice is transaction-based, and further includes commercial litigation. John represents individual creditors (both secured and unsecured), ad hoc creditors’ committees, statutory creditors’ committees, and equity security holders, as well as companies reorganizing under Chapter 11. John’s experience includes the representation of purchasers and sellers of assets, claims and equity interests in distressed and special situations in connection with both strategic and financial investments.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Crown Pacific Partners, L.P. representation of debtors (District of Arizona)
Friede Goldman Halter, Inc., representation of debtors (Southern District of Mississippi)
Transcoastal Marine Services, et al., representation of secured lender (Southern District of Texas)
Costilla Energy, representation of secured bank group (Western District of Texas)
Southern Mineral Corporation, representation of unsecured creditors’ committee (Southern District of Texas)
Lomas Financial Corporation, representation of post-confirmation creditor trust (District of Delaware)
Grant Geophysical, representation of post-confirmation liquidation entity (District of Delaware)
Drypers Corporation, representation of unsecured creditors’ committee (Southern District of Texas)
American Rice, Inc., representation of ad hoc bondholders’ committee and post-reorganization debtor (Southern District of Texas)
ARTICLES / PUBLICATIONS
"Overview of New Provisions on Sale of Personally Identifiable Information" ABI Asset Sales Committee E-newsletter (July 01, 2005)
Co-author and Co-presenter -
"The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention & Consumer Protection Act of 2005," to the State Bankers Association (June 21,2005)
"Overview of Recent Bankruptcy Code Amendments," (December 2, 2005)
PROFESSIONAL / CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
The State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association (Including service on several committees)
American Bankruptcy Institute
The Honorable Arthur L. Moller/David F. Foltz, Jr. American Inn of Court (Master of the Bench) | 