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| Practice Areas | Bankruptcy and Business Restructuring ; Restructuring, Workouts, and Recapitalizations; Bankruptcy and Insolvency Litigation; Loan Workouts and Bankruptcies; International; Projects | | | Education | The Ohio State University, J.D., cum laude, 1970, The Ohio State University, B.S.B.A., 1967 | | | Admitted | 1970, Michigan; 1971, Texas | |
| Memberships | Former President and Director, American Bankruptcy Institute. Former Chair: Tax Subcommittee, Business Bankruptcy Committee, Section of Business Law and Bankruptcy Litigation Subcommittee, American Bar Association; Bankruptcy Law Committee, Section of Business Law, State Bar of Texas; Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, Dallas Bar Association. Member, INSOL. International Bar Association (Committee on Insolvency). | | | Born | Steubenville, Ohio | | | Biography | Member, College of the State Bar of Texas. Contributor to several major treatises on bankruptcy. Former Teacher, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Southern Methodist University School of Law. Testified on insolvency matters before: Congressional Bankruptcy Review Commission; United States Congress. Participant: program to develop model cross border insolvency provisions, United States Department of State and United Nations; program to improve the United States bankruptcy system, White House. Honors: Recognized as a Best Lawyers in America - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, 2009; Recognized as one of the leading practitioners in the United States for bankruptcy, Chambers USA, 2008-2009; Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer - Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights, 2008-2009; Recognized in The International Who's Who of Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers, Law Business Research Ltd., 2000-2008; Recognized as being among the outstanding attorneys practicing in restructuring, reorganization, insolvency, and bankruptcy by The K&A Restructuring Register, America's Top 100, Eighth Edition, 2007. Fellow: American College of Bankruptcy. | | | ISLN | 904450710 | |
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Weathering the Storm: Savings Clauses: Fraudulent Transfer Issues in the TOUSA Bankruptcy CaseLenard M. Parkins, Mark J. Elmore, Trevor Hoffmann, Sue P. Murphy, Robin E. Phelan, Kenric Kattner, Stephen M. Pezanosky, Eric Terry, Sarah B. Foster, October 26, 2009 On October 13, 2009, a Florida bankruptcy judge in the TOUSA, Inc. bankruptcy cases ordered, among other things, (i) the avoidance of obligations, including liens, incurred by certain of the TOUSA subsidiaries (the "Conveying Subsidiaries") under a $200 million first lien facility (the...
Weathering the Storm: Recent Decision Affects Setoff under Netting AgreementsRobin E. Phelan, Scott W. Everett, Scott G. Night, Lenard M. Parkins, Kenric Kattner, Stephen M. Pezanosky, Sarah B. Foster, Eric Terry, May 5, 2009 Companies that engage in multiple transactions with different entities of related groups often enter into contractual netting agreements that allow the setoff of obligations between entities within the groups. |
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