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Linda Donhauser chairs the firm’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group. Her practice encompasses representation of secured creditors, trade creditors, creditors’ committees, real estate and equipment lessors and other interested parties in bankruptcy cases in Maryland, Washington, D.C. and throughout the United States. She has over 18 years of experience representing commercial and real estate lenders, as well as other creditors in all phases of the restructuring process and in formulating creative workout strategies in and outside of bankruptcy cases. She also regularly represents secured and unsecured creditors in complex business litigation.Ms. Donhauser has obtained significant, favorable Court rulings for creditors in a wide variety of bankruptcy cases. With a team of Miles & Stockbridge Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights lawyers, Ms. Donhauser was victorious twice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in connection with two different adversary proceedings in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of Regional Building Systems, Inc. Both favorable opinions are published. One decision was a case of first impression on an issue relating to the post-confirmation survival of liens, which received wide recognition by other bankruptcy practitioners throughout the country. (In re Regional Building Systems, Inc., 320 F.3d 482 [4th Cir. 2003]); (In re Regional Building Systems, Inc., 254 F.3d 528 [4th Cir. 2001]).Ms. Donhauser and Miles & Stockbridge also received national recognition for setting a precedent in Bankruptcy Court by convincing the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland that a secured lender could hold a lien on proceeds of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of Ridgely Communications, Inc. In addition to representing the pre-petition and post-petition secured lender in connection with debtor-in-possession financing, Ms. Donhauser and the Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights team succeeded in obtaining an order from the Bankruptcy Court declaring that the secured lender held a lien on the proceeds of the sale of the Debtor's assets that were attributable to two FCC licenses owned by the Debtor. (In re Ridgely Communications, Inc., 139 B.R. 374 [Bankr. D. Md. 1992]). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Litigation Committee Representation Debtor Representation Distressed Loan & Asset Acquisitions Secured Creditor Representation Bar Admissions/Court Admissions:Maryland United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit United States District Court for the District of Columbia United States District Court for the District of Maryland Education:University of Baltimore, J.D. 1989, Magna Cum Laude, and Heuisler Honor Society. University of Baltimore, B.A. 1987, Cum Laude. Affiliations, Associations and Special Achievements: Court of Appeals of Maryland for the Sixth Appellate Circuit: Character Committee (2001-2004) Greater Baltimore Committee’s Leadership Program: Graduated 2004 Lawyers’ Campaign Against Hunger: Chair, Executive Committee (2001-2002); Member, Executive Committee (1991-2006) National Registry of Who's Who: Life Member (2000) Villa Julie College: Distinguished Alumni Award (2006) Speaking Engagements: Commercial Collections Workshop, NationsBank, N.A., Charlotte, North Carolina (December 1998). Commercial Loan Workouts, Enforcement Proceedings, Foreclosure Sales and Bankruptcies What the Special Assets Group Should Know, Bank of America, N.A., Providence, Rhode Island (2006). Mock Chapter 11 Confirmation Hearing, Robert Morris Associates, Alexandria, Virginia (May 2001). Selected Bankruptcy and Financing Issues, MBNA America Bank, N.A., Wilmington, Delaware (July 2003). Seminar on Selected Bankruptcy Issues, Consumer Debt Collection and Foreclosure Proceedings in Maryland,FCNB Bank, Frederick, Maryland (December 1997).Securities As Collateral What You Need To Know To Successfully Handle Loans and Workouts Involving Securities as Collateral, Bank of America, N.A., Charlotte, North Carolina (2005).The Advent of Second Lien Lending and the Swing of the Pendulum under BAPCPA,American Bankruptcy Institute, Second Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop (2006).The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005: A Brief Introduction, Risk Management Association Chesapeake Chapter and Mid-Atlantic National Association of Credit Managers (2005). |
