Kim Martin Lewis is Chair of the firm's Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice Group and focuses her practice on corporate reorganization, insolvency, financing, workout, and bankruptcy law. Kim has represented several Fortune 500 companies including counsel to The Procter & Gamble Company as creditor in many restructurings and bankruptcies across the country. She also has experience serving as Restructuring Counsel for several large companies in the retail and manufacturing industries, including Milacron, Inc., The Wornick Company, Rue 21, Inc. (fka Pennsylvania Fashions), Elder Beerman, and Federated Department Stores, among others. Stemming from her representation of Wallace's Bookstores, Inc., Kim served as the counsel for the Bankruptcy Trustee in a case that was tried before the U.S. Supreme Court which resulted in a decision in favor of her client in Central Community College, et al. v. Bernard Katz (Case No. 04-885). Memberships & Affiliations · American Bankruptcy Institute · Cincinnati Bar Association · Commercial Law League of America · Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar, Executive Committee · Ohio State Bar Association Distinctions · Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell · Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy · Listed in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers as top bankruptcy lawyer in Ohio since 2004 · Certified by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification in business bankruptcy · Selected for the Ohio Super Lawyers® List · Selected to Ohio Super Lawyers® Top 50 Women by Law & Politics · Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® · Listed in Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers Experience Liquidating Trustee of Chapter 11 Debtor v. Former Officers and Directors of Chapter 11 Debtor
Former Officers and Directors of Chapter 11 Debtor
Suit by liquidating trustee representing unsecured creditors of Chapter 11 debtor against former officers and directors for transactions related to retirement benefit plans Internal Reorganization
Huffy Corporation
Internal reorganization of designer, importer and distributor of bicycles and golf products Sale of Company in Connection with Chapter 11 Restructuring
MI 2009 Inc. (f/k/a Milacron Inc.)
Represented debtor as lead counsel in Chapter 11 proceedings, including sale of company and its subsidiaries in connection with Chapter 11 restructuring Sale of Companies through Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization
The Wornick Companies
Acted as lead counsel for debtor in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, including sale of debtor companies to bondholders through a Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization Divesture of Business Units By Chapter 11 Debtor
Huffy Corporation
$25,000,000 in multiple divestitures of business units while in Chapter 11 bankruptcy for designer, importer and distributor of bicycles and golf equipment Asset Sale
Huffy Corporation
$15,000,000 sale of assets for designer, importer and distributor of bicycles and golf products Asset Sale
Huffy Corporation
$30,000,000 sale of assets for designer, importer and distributor of bicycles and golf equipment Commercial Loan Refinancing
Huffy Corporation Bankruptcy Emergence, Corporate Restructuring and Financing
Huffy Corporation
$75,000,000 bankruptcy emergence, corporate restructuring and financing for designer, importer and distributor of bicycles and golf equipment Publications September 25, 2009, Are we there yet? Is Cincinnati Business on the Road to Recovery? Summer, 2006, What a Difference a Day (O'Connor) Makes
DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal May 1, 2006, The Bankruptcy Exception to Sovereign Immunity
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