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David M. Powlen

David M. Powlen

Partner
 
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
11 South Meridian Street
Indianapolis, Indiana  46204
(Marion Co.)

Telephone: 317-231-6430
Fax: 317-727-2211
http://www.btlaw.com



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Practice AreasBusiness Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Creditors Rights; Debtor and Creditor; Bankruptcy
 
EducationHarvard University, J.D., 1978, Harvard University, A.B., 1975
 
Admitted1978, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 2004, New York; 2005, Pennsylvania; 2007, Delaware; 2009, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
 
MembershipsDelaware State (Member, Bankruptcy Section), Indiana State (Chair, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Section, 1990-1991) and American (Member: Business Section; Business Bankruptcy Committee and Commercial Financial Services Committee) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute (Co-Chair, Financial Advisors Committee, 2006-2008; Education Director, Investment Banking Committee, 2008—; Member, Board of Advisors, Central States Workshop, 2007—); Turnaround Management Association (Member, Board of Directors, Northeast Ohio Chapter, 2002-2004); Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor, 2005—).
 
BiographyPhi Beta Kappa. Author: "Valuation of Companies in Chapter 11," J. Corp. Renewal, Sept. 2008; "Asset Sales in Bankruptcy - Bargains Await Buyers Skilled at Navigating Section 363 Minefields," J. Corp. Renewal, July 2007; "The New Value Exception to the Absolute Priority Rule: Is Ahlers the Beginning of the End?" 93 Comm.L.J. 303 (1988). Panel Moderator, "Late Breaking News," Distressed Investing Conf. (Beard/Renaissance Am.), Nov. 2008. Speaker: "Update on Autos and Auto Suppliers," Corporate Reorganizations Conf. (Beard/Renaissance Am.), June 2007; "GM and Delphi," Valuation Workshop, Distressed Investing Conf. (Beard/Renaissance Am.), November 2006; "Bankruptcy Sale Special Problems," Restructuring Conf. (Assoc. Insolv. & Restr. Advisors Annual Meeting), June 2005; "Developments in Distressed M&A," New York City Bankr. Conf. (Am. Bankr. Inst.), May 2005. Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law, American Board of Certification, 1992-2001.
 
Reported CasesIn re Parr Elevator Inc. and In re Schultz Manufacturing & Fabricating Co., 956 F.2d 686 (7th Cir. 1992).
 
ISLN904330692
 
TransactionsCounsel for Mayflower Group Inc. in its pre-packaged Chapter 11 case (1992); Counsel to secured creditor in sale of assets of Chapter 11 debtor Bush Leasing Inc. (2000); Co-Counsel to senior secured lenders in sale of Chapter 11 debtor Heartland Steel to Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (2001); Counsel for local taxing authorities in Chrysler LLC and affiliates Chapter 11 cases (2009), and in Delphi Corporation and affiliates Chapter 11 cases (2009).
 


 

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