Chapter 11 First-Day Motions: Continuing Ordinary Operations, Securing Financing, Paying Essential Creditors, and More

Mr. Barefoot’s practice focuses on bankruptcy litigation, insolvency, corporate restructuring and related disputes. He was inducted into the International Insolvency Institute’s Next Generation at the London conference on June 19, 2017.

Mr. Duedall is in the firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group. He represents various parties in restructuring matters, including acquirers, debtors, secured and mezzanine lenders, creditors' committees, receivers, and other financial advisors. Mr. Duedall has also handled traditional corporate matters such as acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, and finance transactions.

Ms. Feil is co-founder and the President of Client Services of BMC Group. She has 30 years experience directing various aspects of corporate compliance, communications, insolvency case administration, as well as the due diligence process in major merger & acquisition transactions. Ms. Feil currently sits on the Board of Directors of the American Bankruptcy and is Committee Leader of IWIRC’s delegation to the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (Working Group V, Insolvency). She is a frequent author and speaker. Articles Ms. Feil has authored include “Planning a Smooth Chapter 11 Distribution Process;” “Quick, or Not So Quick, Sales Under Chapter 11;” “What About the Cloud;” "Concerns Surrounding the Transmission of Personally Identifiable Information;" and co-authored "Claims Trading Promotes Ownership Concentration.” She is an active member of Turnaround Management Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Association for Corporate Growth and INSOL International.

Mr. Hammer has extensive experience in handling bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings in a number of economic sectors including energy, healthcare, and retail. His clients have included Trustees, equity holders, executives, insurers, financial institutions and Committees.