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As an attorney in the firm's bankruptcy section, Jennifer has extensive restructuring, litigation, and appellate experience. She has represented debtors, creditors, committees, indenture trustees, liquidating trustees, lenders, and buyers in all chapters of bankruptcy and in out-of-court workouts. Her litigation experience encompasses both bankruptcy related litigation, including the representation of alleged recipients of fraudulent transfers and trustees/estate representatives in pursuing claims on behalf of the estate, and more general federal court litigation.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Southern District of Texas (In re Denali Incorporated et al. represented debtors; In re Encompass Services Corp. et al. represented committee; In re Logix Communications Corp. represented buyer; In re Stage Stores, Inc. represented D.I.P. Lender; In re Harvest Communities of Houston, Inc. represented indenture trustee; In re Smith Industries, Inc. represented liquidating trustee; Williams v. Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. (In re Olympic Natural Gas Co.), 258 B.R. 161 (Bankr. S.D.Tex. 2001), affirmed, 294 F.3d 737 (5th Cir. 2002) represented preference defendant in successfully asserting forward contract defense; In re Calibre Pipe & Supply, Inc. represented chapter 7 trustee in bankruptcy case and preference actions; In re Enserco, Inc. represented chapter 7 trustee in bankruptcy case and fraudulent transfer actions; In re Law - represented family farmer in Chapter 12 proceeding; FG Hemisphere Assoc., LLC v. Republic of Congo et al. - represented judgment creditor in garnishment/collection action)
Northern District of Texas (In re Cypress Hills Apartments, D.T. - represented secured creditor)
Western District of Texas (In re HomeOwners Mortgage & Equity, Inc. represented liquidating trustee in bankruptcy case and related litigation)
Eastern District of Texas (In re Tatum Apartments, Ltd. represented debtor)
District of Delaware (In re NorthWestern Corp. represented large creditor)
District of New Mexico (In re Furr’s Supermarkets, Inc. represented large creditor and buyer in bankruptcy case and related litigation)
Western District of Oklahoma (In re Homeland Stores, Inc. et al. represented large creditor and lessor)
Western District of Pennsylvania (In re Erie Power Technologies, Inc. represented large creditor)
PROFESSIONAL / CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
Member
State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section
Houston Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
The Hon. Arthur L. Moller - David B. Foltz, Jr., American Inn of Court, Barrister
International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
Honors
Named as a Rising Star in Texas Monthly/Super Lawyers Magazine, 2007
Named as a Top Lawyer in Bankruptcy/Workout in H Texas Magazine, July/August 2004 | 