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He heads the national bankruptcy practice of Andrews Kurth. He currently represents or has represented the following:
the Trustee for the Bank of New England Corporation
the Debtor in Friede Goldman Halter, Inc.
the Debtor in Physicians Resource Group
the Debtor in ProMedCo
the Debtor in ForceEnergy
the Debtor in Crown Pacific Partners
the Unsecured Creditors Committee of Flagstar Corporation (Denny's)
the Unsecured Creditors Committee of Encompass Services
the Unsecured Creditors Committee of In re First Republic Bank Corporation
the Unsecured Creditors Committee and Petitioning Creditors of First City Bancorporation of Texas
the Creditors Committee of Rubus Realty (Furrs Supermarkets)
the Creditors Committee of Drypers Corporation
the Creditors Committee of Doskocil (Wilson Foods)
the ad hoc Bondholders Committee of American Rice, Inc.
the Agent Bank and Bank Syndicate for William Herbert Hunt, Nelson Bunker Hunt Trust Estates, et al., ("Hunt Brothers")
the Institutional Lenders of Storage Technology
the Institutional Creditors of Continental Airlines, Inc. (both cases)
the Insurance Company Lenders of In re Braniff Airlines, Inc.
the bank lenders of CompuAdd Corporation
the bondholders in the CalFed and GlenFed restructurings
He has testified several times before Congress, including the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee concerning proposed amendments to the Federal Bankruptcy Code. In addition, he was invited to lead a presentation before the National Bankruptcy Review Commission (appointed to draft bankruptcy law proposals and report to Congress).
He has served or is serving in the following positions:
Chair of the ABA Business Law Section's Business Bankruptcy Committee (with approximately 1,400 practitioners) (1993-1996)
Council of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association (1997-2001)
Member of the Standing Committee of the American Bar Association on Judicial Selection, Tenure and Compensation
Chair of the ABA's Energy Business Committee
Chair of the ABA Joint Ad Hoc Committee on Bankruptcy Court Structure and Insolvency Processes
Chair of the ABA Committee on Trust Indentures and Indenture Trustees
ARTICLES / PUBLICATIONS
"Reverse Cramdown: The Senior Creditor’s 'Tip' to The Lower Classes" 79th Annual Meeting of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (November 02, 2005)
Co-author
Last Rights, Liquidating a Company, (Oxford University Press - 2007)
Bankruptcy Investing, (Beard Publishing - 2005)
Texas Practice Guide Creditors Rights, Vols. 1 and 2 (West Publishing - 2002)
BRIEFINGS, SEMINARS & SPEECHES
Frequent lecturer for Practicing Law Institutes, ABA National Institutes and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges
Lecturer at ABA satellite seminars
Lecturer on commercial law for the Central and Eastern European Law Initiative, Vilnius, Lithuania, (1996), International Bar Association, Prague, (2006)
PROFESSIONAL / CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
Board Certified
Business Bankruptcy Specialist, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Business Bankruptcy Specialist, American Board of Bankruptcy Certification
Elected
American College of Bankruptcy
American Law Institute
Selected
#1 in Texas in Bankruptcy Law, Texas Lawyer - Go To Guide (October 2002)
Texas Super Lawyer in Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights, Texas Monthly (September 2006)
America's Leading Business Lawyers - Insolvency/Corporate Recovery, Chambers USA (all editions)
The Best Lawyers in America (all editions)
State Bar
Past Chair, Bankruptcy Committee, State Bar of Texas 1986-1989
Past Program Director, Advanced Business Bankruptcy Institute, State Bar of Texas | 