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College: Tulane University
Law School: Southern Methodist University
Admitted to the State Bar of Texas in: 1991
Practice Area(s):
Insolvency and Creditor RightsProfile:
Mr. Friedman, a director of the Firm, practices in the Insolvency & Creditor Rights Section. He focuses on representing creditors, court-appointed committees and debtors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. He also has experience in the preparation of non-consolidation and collateral defeasance opinions required for complex loan transactions.
Scope of Practice:
Bankruptcy; creditors' rights; exemption planning.
Recent Representations:
Lead counsel for creditors' committee in environmental reclamation industry.
Lead counsel for specialty apparel manufacturer in out of court restructuring.
Trial counsel for various liquidating trusts, analyzing and prosecuting several hundred preference claims.
Counsel for creditors' committee of a national HLTV lender. Continued post-confirmation as lead counsel for liquidating trustee.
Counsel for various landlord entities in national "big box" retail cases.
Lead counsel on national or regional basis for companies in healthcare, telecommunications, and automotive aftermarket industries on creditors rights and bankruptcy matters.
Numerous representations in connection with exemption planning, discharge issues, avoidance actions and other matters arising out of interaction of divorce and bankruptcy proceedings.
Professional Affiliations:
Dallas Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute.
Admissions:
State Bar of Texas, 1991; United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and the Western District of Oklahoma.
Publications:
Bankruptcy Reform for the Family Law Lawyer: New Code, New Day, 31st Annual Advanced Family Law Course (2005); "Bankruptcy: A Federal Bull in a State Court China Shop," AAML/AICPA National Conference on Divorce (2004); "Bankruptcy: Why Do You Care?," State Bar of Texas 29th Annual Advanced Family Law Course (2003); "Dealing with Debt: Bankruptcy and Beyond," University of Texas School of Law Family Law on the Front Lines (2003); "When the Wolf Is at the Door: Pending Insolvency and Its Effect on Divorce," State Bar of Texas 27th Annual Advanced Family Law Course (2001); "Bankruptcy and Family Law," University of Texas School of Law Family Law on the Front Lines (2001); "Bankruptcy and Family Law," State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course (2000); "Sex, Lies and Liabilities: Bankruptcy and Family Law," State Bar of Texas, 23rd Annual Advanced Family Law Course (1998); "Show Me the Money: Bankruptcy and Family Law," College of Advanced Judicial Studies (1997); "Bankruptcy and Family Law: New Statutes and Old Dangers," Marriage Dissolution Institute (1996); author and speaker, "When Domestic Relations Matters Become an Issue in Bankruptcy," Legal Assistants Division Advanced Bankruptcy Seminar (1995); author, "Recent Changes to the Bankruptcy Code Impacting Family Law," 2 State Bar Section Report Family Law (1994); "Debtor's Desperation for Cash vs. Bank's Demand for Collateral," 47 Con. Fin. Law Q. Rep. 156 (1993); "Administrative Freeze: Creditor's Overreaching or Prudent Banking," 24 UCC L.J. 228 (1992); co-author, "ERISA, Bankruptcy and Texas Exemptions," 15 Texas Banking Law Institute (1992); author, "Lender Exposure Under Section 547 and 550: Are Outsiders Really Insiders?," 44 Sw.L.J. 985 (1990).
Published Decisions:
Grigsby v. Carmel, 238 B.R. 758 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1999); Whipple v. Fulton, 236 B.R. 626 (Bankr. E.D. Tex. 1999).
Education:
Southern Methodist University, J.D. cum laude, 1991; Tulane University, B.S. cum laude, 1985. | 