Special litigation counsel to the co-Trustees in iCap Enterprises, Inc. , involving a $250 million Ponzi scheme perpetrated from 2011 to 2023 in Washington state, with a specific focus on recovering substantial commissions and fees paid to over two dozen brokers and fundraisers and bringing claims held by both the Debtors and individual investors.
Served as counsel for senior secured lender in Chapter 11 cases filed by individuals and companies involved in an extensive fraud scheme and liabilities exceeding $50 million. Representation included prosecution and defense of multiple adversary proceedings concerning title to valuable real property. One adversary proceeding was resolved in final judgment in favor of senior secured lender on summary judgment in a published opinion.
Served as Debtor’s counsel for Orion Technologies, LLC, a technology company that specializes in single board computers used in a variety of military applications. Representation resulted in a successful sale process that brought more than one million dollars more than expected into the estate for the benefit of creditors, recharacterization of Orion’s major debts as unsecured, and confirmation of Orion’s Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
Served as Chapter 11 counsel to A&E Adventures, LLC d/b/a GameTime, a family entertainment and dining venue with locations throughout Florida. Following creditor negotiations and litigation, including a successful, precedent-setting appeal, GameTime successfully confirmed a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization, which kept all locations open and paid all creditors in full.
Served as Chapter 11 counsel to IT’SUGAR LLC, a specialty candy retailer with approximately 100 stores and over 700 employees across 28 states. Through extensive negotiations with dozens of landlords, IT’SUGAR was able to obtain millions of dollars in pre- and post-petition rent relief, restructure vendor debt, and successfully confirm a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
Represented defendants in fraudulent transfer adversary proceedings involving unresolved issues of law concerning use of the Internal Revenue Service as the triggering creditor. Representation led to a favorable global settlement of multiple pending adversary proceedings.
Served as bankruptcy counsel for the Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Eiger Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company that filed Chapter 11 in Dallas, Texas with assets and liabilities in the tens of millions and resulted in a 100% distribution, plus interest, to unsecured creditors following successful sales of the Debtors’ assets.
Served as bankruptcy counsel for 55+ tort claimants, the largest single tort constituency, in the Chapter 11 cases filed by electric scooter company Bird Global, which involved assets totaling less than $100 million and liabilities exceeding $500 million.
Served as bankruptcy counsel for the Trustee of the Piper Aircraft Corporation Irrevocable Trust Agreement, the trust created by confirmation of Piper Aircraft Corporation’s chapter 11 plan in 1995 to address successor liability and future claims.
Served as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Retailing Enterprises, LLC., which is the exclusive reseller of Invicta watches with approximately 20 retail locations nationwide. Debts are in excess of $58 million and assets are less than $18 million.
Assisted multiple investors in conducting due diligence review in relation to purchase of distressed loans secured by commercial properties.
Served as post-judgment counsel for nearly $10 million judgment creditor seeking asset recovery against a high-net-worth celebrity judgment debtor actively avoiding payment.
Served as post-judgment counsel for judgment creditor seeking asset recovery against judgment debtor with a vast web of intertwined business and family dealings that previously appeared to render the debtor judgment-proof.
Represented lender in high value personal property foreclosure proceedings against a commercial entity. Judgment was obtained and the client was able to obtain possession and title to the valuable personal property at issue.
Represented note purchaser in commercial foreclosure proceedings. Judgment was obtained and the commercial property was successfully sold at auction.
Represented defendant against a judgment creditor seeking to collect on a judgment in excess of $20 million. The matter involved highly disputed and unresolved issues concerning the applicable statute of limitations. Representation led to a very favorable settlement for the defendant.
Represented developer in breach of contract action against an investor and obtained judgment in favor of developer.