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Rick Kuebel is coordinator of the Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights group in the Firm's New Orleans office. Mr. Kuebel has vast experience representing creditor interests in oil, gas, and energy related bankruptcies and corporate reorganizations. Additionally, he provides counseling for real and mineral property transactions, including acquisitions, development, finance, sales, and leases and represents creditors in commercial collection litigation, property litigation, enforcement of security rights, and bankruptcy litigation. He has represented a large number of major energy companies in a number of energy or energy-related industry bankruptcies, including Enron (North America), EOTT, Panaco, Contour Energy, TDC Energy, Watson Energy, TransTexas Oil and Gas, Forcenergy, WRT, Alma and Equinox, Rand Energy, NARCO, AP Green, Farmland Industries, PG&E, Babcock and Wilcox, Bethlehem Steel, and Friede Goldman Halter. In addition, he has formed or represented unsecured creditor committees in several reorganizations for companies such as Evans Industries, the Fairgrounds, WRT Energy, Jitney Jungle, Delchamps, Forcenergy, Friede Goldman Halter, Orion Refining, Lundy Enterprises, and In Re Saeed Ahmed. Education J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 1992 B.A., Economics, Tulane University, 1986 Bar Admissions Louisiana, 1992 Admitted To Practice U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Articles Decommissioning/Plugging and Abandonment Liabilities in Bankruptcy: 1/18/2006 Press Release Locke Liddell & Sapp Partners Recognized Among The Best Lawyers In America 2008 9/24/2007 Professional History Partner in the law firm of Locke Liddell & Sapp Professional Affiliations Listed in The Best Lawyers in America - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law. | 