Areas of Practice
Bruce Leaverton is the chair of the Firm's Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Practice Group. His practice focuses on business finance and restructuring matters, representing borrowers, secured lenders, debtors, creditors' committees, bankruptcy trustees, indentured trustees, and state and federal court receivers. He has considerable experience representing financial institutions and corporate clients in complex financial bankruptcies, restructurings, recapitalizations, intellectual property disputes, lender liability litigation, and mergers and acquisitions, both inside and outside of bankruptcy court. His representation of institutional lenders in distressed secured loan and workout matters is aided and informed by his considerable experience and understanding of the other side of the table, based on his representation of various corporate borrowers. His practice also includes a wide variety of litigation and administrative matters concerning financial and loan enforcement issues, including inter-creditor disputes and a variety of investigative and enforcement proceedings by government regulatory agencies.
Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships
· Chair, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Practice Group
· Business Crisis Management and Emergency Remedies
· Community Development Team
· Construction and Environmental
· Financial Institutions
· Litigation
· New Markets Tax Credits
· Real Estate
· Real Estate Litigation
Awards and Honors
· Named Best Lawyers® Seattle Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year, 2011
· Recommended by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Bankruptcy/ Restructuring, 2008-2012
· Named as one of The Best Lawyers in America®, Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, Banking and Finance Litigation, Bankruptcy Litigation, 2005-2012
· Named as a "Washington Super Lawyer," Super Lawyers magazine, Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights, 2005, 2007-2011
· Peer Review Rated "AV" in Martindale-Hubbell
Professional and Community Activities
· Creditor/Debtor Section of Washington State Bar Association
· American Bar Association
· Frequent Lecturer at various seminars on Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Financial Matters
· Volunteer, Rebuilding Together
· Director and Secretary, Turnaround Management Association, Northwest Chapter
News
12.28.2011, Twenty Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as 'Best in the Business' by Seattle Business Magazine
08.31.2011, 43 Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
08.09.2011, Thirty-six Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as Top Lawyers in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
06.20.2011, Twenty-six Lane Powell Attorneys Named 'Washington Super Lawyers;' Ten Lane Powell Attorneys Named As 'Washington Rising Stars'
06.14.2011, Chambers USA Recommends Lane Powell in Multiple Categories for 2011
03.21.2011, Chambers USA Recommends Eighteen Lane Powell Attorneys and Ten Practice Groups
10.26.2010, Leaverton Named "Seattle Best Lawyers Banking Lawyer of the Year" for 2011
08.31.2010, Leaverton Quoted in PSBJ Article on Loan Workouts
08.05.2010, 41 Lane Powell Attorneys Named in 'Best Lawyers in America' 2011
07.20.2010, 58 Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as Top Lawyers in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
06.11.2010, Chambers USA Recommends Twenty Lane Powell Attorneys and Nine Practice Groups
06.06.2010, 28 Lane Powell Attorneys Named Washington Super Lawyers 2010
04.13.2010, Puget Sound Business Journal Names Best Lawyers 2010
07.30.2009, 34 Lane Powell Attorneys Named in 'Best Lawyers in America' 2010
06.12.2009, Chambers USA Recommends 19 Lane Powell Attorneys and Nine Practice Groups
06.02.2009, 25 Lane Powell Attorneys Named Washington Super Lawyers
06.01.2009, Puget Sound Business Journal Names Best Lawyers 2009
09.19.2008, 29 Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America 2009
06.02.2008, 23 Lane Powell Attorneys Named Washington Super Lawyers
02.21.2008, Fourteen Attorneys Recommended by Chambers
Events
05.13.2010, Bodine, Leaverton and Winters to Speak at WSBA IP Licensing Seminar (Seattle)