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Our experienced insolvency practice group is a team of attorneys with a national reputation and a proven track record of attaining successful results for our clients. Our group consists of fellows in the American College of Bankruptcy, and attorneys who have attained leadership positions with the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Turnaround Management Association and various other insolvency related associations. Our attorneys are listed in The Best Lawyers in America ®, and recognized by Super Lawyers in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois. The accolades obtained by our insolvency practice group — including a national tier-one ranking in the 2015 U.S. News “Best Law Firms” survey — are a testament to the excellence, experience and effectiveness we offer our clients.

We represent and counsel clients throughout the United States in virtually all types of corporate recovery, bankruptcy and insolvency matters. We counsel and advise lenders of all types, secured and unsecured creditors, borrowers, debtors, creditors' committees, equity holders, boards, officers and directors, trustees, examiners, receivers, landlords, lessors and preference defendants in out-of-court restructurings and workouts as well as in federal and state court reorganization, liquidation and litigation proceedings. We also represent purchasers of, and investors in, financially distressed businesses and assets.

We attribute our success in insolvency matters to the teamwork of our group and our interdisciplinary approach to managing cases. We assist our clients in the largest and most complex of matters, while at the same time retaining the staffing flexibility to handle smaller matters efficiently and cost-effectively. Our flexibility and firmwide resources allow us to service our clients in complex niche industries that unexpectedly experience financial distress. We have significant recent experience in matters involving tax credit enhanced real estate projects, municipal bankruptcies, agriculture, gaming, dealer finance, and transportation. Our accomplishments and our ability to quickly develop a depth of knowledge about unique insolvency events demonstrate our group’s dedication to serve clients facing difficult and unique situations.

We represented the senior debt syndicate in the bankruptcy of Affiliated Foods Southwest, Inc. and its affiliates in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Arkansas. The debtor is one of the largest wholesale food cooperatives in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Oklahoma.

We served as lead bankruptcy counsel to President Casinos, Inc. and its subsidiaries in connection with their Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings, including drafting, negotiating and gaining confirmation of three separate plans of reorganization in which all creditors have been paid in full and equity security holders stand to receive a substantial distribution.

We recently advised a purchaser in its successful bid to acquire numerous retail carpet and flooring stores located throughout the United States as part of a plan of reorganization confirmed in the seller's bankruptcy case in Houston, Texas.

We recently represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of U.S. Fidelis, Inc., once regarded as the nation's No. 1 seller of extended auto service contracts.

We represented a dairy cattle lessor in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals where the appellate court reversed the lower courts and held that our client had a true lease and not a security agreement.

We represented the federal court receiver in selling a multi-state chemical analysis and testing company, which was awarded the Turnaround Management Association’s Transaction of the Year.

We obtained a dismissal for a Missouri municipality in litigation surrounding a failed industrial development.

We represented a lender in obtaining confirmation of a creditors’ plan in three jointly administered cases involving 10 different lenders and over 40 different secured loans.

Mike Bartolacci	Partner	St. Louis	314 552 6126 Email Download Vcard	Mike has extensive experience handling probate and trust litigation for both fiduciaries and beneficiaries and leads the Firm's Trust and Estate Litigation practice. Mike has extensive experience handling probate and trust litigation for bot...
Bill Bay	Partner	St. Louis	314 552 6008 Email Download Vcard	Bill has represented major corporations in high-stakes litigation for more than 30 years. Bill has represented major corporations in high-stakes litigation for more ...
Mark Bossi	Partner	St. Louis	314 552 6015 Email Download Vcard	Mark represents clients in financial restructurings, out-of-court workouts and bankruptcy cases throughout the US. Mark represents clients in financial restructurings, out-of-court workouts ...
Ed Buchholz	Partner	St. Louis	314 552 6377 Email Download Vcard	Ed serves as a key tax advisor to companies embarking on any type of corporate restructuring, from acquisitions and dispositions to spinoffs and management changes. Ed serves as a key tax advisor to companies embarking on any type of corpor...
Francis X. Buckley, Jr.	Partner	Chicago	312 580 2210 Email Download Vcard	Frank is a longtime advisor to financial service providers who assists with insolvency and restructuring matters, loan enforcement, and a host of other business issues. Frank is a longtime advisor to financial service providers who assists with...
David Farrell	Partner	St. Louis	314 552 6144 Email Download Vcard	David concentrates in the areas of business bankruptcy, workouts, securitizations, and general creditors' rights matters. David concentrates in the areas of business bankruptcy, workouts, securitiz...
Garrett Fischer	Associate	St. Louis	314 552 6503 Email Download Vcard	Garrett counsels banks, financial institutions and other businesses on a variety of commercial transaction and regulatory issues. Garrett counsels banks, financial institutions and other businesses on a va...
Ron Haglof	Partner	St. Louis	314 552 6045 Email Download Vcard	Ron advises clients on privately negotiated acquisitions and dispositions of businesses, including transactions requiring prior notification to the Federal Trade Commissi... Ron advises clients on privately negotiated acquisitions and dispositions o...
Clint Hansen	Partner	Chicago	312 580 2318 Email Download Vcard	Clint represents borrowers, lenders and various other financial institutions in the structuring and the documentation of various commercial financing transactions. Clint represents borrowers, lenders and various other financial institution...
Ed Harvey	Partner	St. Louis	314 552 6049 Email Download Vcard	Ed is a veteran litigator and head of the Firm's Antitrust Practice Group. Ed is a veteran litigator and head of the Firm's Antitrust Practice Group.
Brian Hockett	Partner	St. Louis	314 552 6461 Email Download Vcard	Brian Hockett practices in the firm's Financial Restructuring group. Brian Hockett practices in the firm's Financial Restructuring group.
Mark Kaltenrieder	Partner	St. Louis	314 552 6059 Email Download Vcard	Mark’s practice includes all types of secured, unsecured and asset-based lending and commercial-finance transactions. Mark’s practice includes all types of secured, unsecured and asset-based le...
Cheryl Kelly	Partner	St. Louis	314 552 6167 Email Download Vcard	Cheryl represents lenders and obligors in complex finance transactions, loan restructurings, and bankruptcy, receivership, foreclosure and other proceedings involving cre... Cheryl represents lenders and obligors in complex finance transactions, loa...
Katie Kraft	Partner	Washington, D.C.	202 585 6922 Email Download Vcard	Katie advises public transit agencies around the country on issues involving third-party procurement, Section 13(c) labor protection, Buy America compliance, and adherenc... Katie advises public transit agencies around the country on issues involvin...
Lauren Newman	Partner	Chicago	312 580 2328 Email Download Vcard	Lauren is a strategic, proactive bankruptcy attorney and litigator who fights for lenders and creditors of all kinds. Lauren is a strategic, proactive bankruptcy attorney and litigator who figh...
Rick Reibman	Partner	Chicago	312 580 2205 Email Download Vcard	Backed by a 25-plus-year career on the legal and regulatory side of financial markets, Rick is an insightful advisor to trading firms, brokerage firms, trade execution fi... Backed by a 25-plus-year career on the legal and regulatory side of financi...
David Rubin	Partner	St. Louis	314 552 6501 Email Download Vcard	David represents banks and other financial institutions in a wide variety of major commercial finance transactions, providing clear, responsive advice that helps loan off... David represents banks and other financial institutions in a wide variety o...
Sarah Wade	Partner	St. Louis	314 552 6197 Email Download Vcard	Sarah represents lenders, banks and borrowers in complex financing transactions and provides in-depth regulatory counsel to clients in two of the most heavily regulated i... Sarah represents lenders, banks and borrowers in complex financing transact...
David Warfield	Partner	St. Louis	314 552 6079 Email Download Vcard	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 distress... David is a 30-year veteran of the financial restructuring world who provide...