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David Warfield

David Warfield

Partner

St. Louis
314 552 6079 direct

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PRACTICES

  • Education

    • Washington University in St. Louis,

      JD, 1984

      BSBA, 1981

  • Admissions

    • Missouri

  • Affiliations

    • American Bankruptcy Institute

    • American Bar Association

    • The Missouri Bar

  • Recognitions

    • Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy, 2009-Present

    • Eighth Circuit Regent to American College of Bankruptcy, 2014-Present

    • Nominating Committee, American College of Bankruptcy, 2017

    • Co-Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee to Establish Pro Bono Program for Pro Se Filers for Eastern District of Missouri, 2016-Present

    • Named Lawyer of the Year for Litigation-Bankruptcy in St. Louis by "Best Lawyers®," 2015

    • Recipient, Turnaround of the Year from Turnaround Management Association, 2011

    • Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America®," 1993-Present

    • Listed in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers®, 2005-Present

      Bankruptcy Creditor/Debtor Rights Law

      Top 50 in St. Louis 2005-2008; 2011-2013

      Top 100 in Missouri & Kansas, 2006; 2010-2013

    • Recipient, Judge Robert E. Brauer Innovations in Bankruptcy Law Award, 2005

  • Employment

    • Thompson Coburn LLP

      Partner, 2009-Present

    • Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

      Partner, 2003-2009

    • Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

      Partner, 1992-2003

      Associate, 1984-1992

David is a 30-year veteran of the financial restructuring world who provides practical, straight-forward advice to all types of institutions that interact with a distressed business.

As the lead attorney for multiple high-profile matters, David is skilled at managing complex restructurings and unraveling the competing interests of all relevant parties. In both in-court bankruptcies and out-of-court workouts, David has led work on many complex, multi-party matters, including one recent case involving a large-scale fraud and tens of thousands of consumer claims. His clients include debtors, senior secured lenders, bondholders, creditors' committees, receivers and asset purchasers.

Tapping his business education, David looks for creative solutions that satisfy the diverse constituencies of a distressed business. He puts a premium on speed, as value erodes and options diminish nearly every day in a financial restructuring. David's quick thinking and persistence helps clients preserve value and plan for the future even as "the ice cube melts."

Thompson Coburn Publications

Amendments to Chapter 12 make it easier for a family farmer to reorganize

Parsing the legal and financial impact from Detroit’s bankruptcy

TCLEs

Seven Things You Should Know About the Missouri Commercial Receivership Act

Blogs

New tax law eliminates NOL carry backs

Managers of insolvent Missouri LLCs have no fiduciary duty to creditors

Two non-conventional uses for Missouri’s new receivership statute

Chapter 12 family farmer cases in Missouri: A look inside the numbers

7 things you should know about the new Missouri Commercial Receivership Act

Eight things we learned from the Detroit bankruptcy

Sixth Circuit rules cows can be leased

U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Clark won’t impact inherited IRAs of Missouri residents

Receivership reforms, part four: Borrowing from the Bankruptcy Code

Receivership reforms, part three: Creditors’ rights and priority of claims

Publications

Author, "The Three Giants of Bankruptcy Law in St. Louis,"
Accepted for publication 2018

Contributor
Non-Bankruptcy Alternatives 2017

"Managers of insolvent Missouri LLCs have no fiduciary duty to creditors,"
Credit Report Blog, December 2016

"Two non-conventional uses for Missouri's new receivership statute,"
Credit Report Blog, November 2016

"Chapter 12 family farmers cases in Missouri: A look inside the numbers,"
Credit Report Blog, September 2016

"Farm Bankruptcies"
Emerging Issues in Agricultural Lending Symposium, sponsored by the University of Missouri 2016

Webinar, "Seven Things You Should Know About the New Missouri Commercial Receivership Act"
sponsored by TC 2016

Contributor MOBar CLE
Bankruptcy Practice Deskbook 2015

"Lender Liability"
Emerging Issues in Agricultural Lending Symposium, sponsored by the University of Missouri 2015

"Sixth Circuit rules cows can be leased";
Credit Report Blog, September 2014

"U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Clark won’t impact inherited IRAs of Missouri residents";
Credit Report Blog, June 2014

"Could a Detroit-style bankruptcy happen here?";
St. Louis Business Journal, September 2013

Four-part series: "Why Missouri’s receivership law is due for reform";
Credit Report Blog, September 2013

"New credit agreement language goes into effect in Missouri on August 28";
Credit Report Blog, August 2013