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AREA OF PRACTICE Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Construction Litigation - Commercial Ben's practice is primarily commercial transactions and litigation. REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE Tried and won case presenting issue of how to value business assets in reorganizations to U.S. Supreme Court (1997). Tried and won preference defense in bankruptcy (North Carolina, 2005) and in 5th Circuit (2006). PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES / MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS President: Houston Bar Association (1992); Director, State Bar of Texas (1992 - 1995). Governing Council Construction Law Section State Bar (2003-2006). Editorial Board of Construction Law Journal published by South Texas Law School and State Bar of Texas . PUBLICATIONS / SPEECHES Author, Prompt Pay Acts: What Do They Do, 5 Construction Law Journal 20 (2007 published by State Bar of Texas and South Texas College of Law. Author, Defenses to Preference Actions in Bankruptcy, 2 Construction Law Journal 5 (2004) published by State Bar of Texas and South Texas Law School. Author, Retention of Control and Resulting Liability in Texas Construction, 1 Construction Law Journal 33 (2003), published by the State Bar of Texas and South Texas College of Law. Author, U.S. Supreme Court Decides How To Value Collateral in Business Reorganizations, 34 Texas Journal of Business Law 3 (1998). Author, How To Value Collateral in Bankruptcy, 1997 Norton Bankruptcy Law page 11 (1997). Author, Puzzling Out Valuations of Assets, 12 Texas Lawyer 37 No. 46 (1997). Contributing author, Creditor's Rights in Texas (2d Ed. 1981) and Forms Manual, published by State Bar of Texas. Author, New Texas Venue Statutes and Rules, 21 Houston Lawyer 32 (May 1984). EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 1964 - B.A., University of Texas 1968 - J.D., University of Texas Graduate studies - University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg For a complete listing of Ben Aderholt's biography, CLICK HERE
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