Hirschler

Overview

Experience, knowledge and value: These are three core attributes that our team provides to our clients facing difficult challenges in the complex areas of bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors’ rights.

Experience

The Hirschler team has advised clients in complex cases throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region and beyond. We have represented virtually all parties in the bankruptcy and restructuring arena, including debtors, trustees, creditors' committees, secured lenders, trade vendors and suppliers, asset purchasers, directors and officers and landlords. This range of experience provides our lawyers with a unique insight into the issues facing the many competing stakeholders in these cases.

Knowledge

Our team includes three Bankruptcy Court judicial law clerks, a past chair of the Bankruptcy Section of the Richmond Bar Association, a past president of the Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association, a former Bankruptcy Trustee for the District of Columbia and a past Chairman of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the District of Columbia Bar. That level of knowledge, when combined with our depth of experience, sets us apart from our competitors – it eliminates the learning curve and enables us to come up to speed quickly when we undertake new matters.

Value

Hirschler attorneys provide the highest level of experience and knowledge – on par with our largest competitors – at rates that are market-driven and highly competitive. This value-driven approach makes us an ideal fit for any role in any type of case, whether we are counseling a publicly traded company or a small privately-held business. Unlike most of our peers, we are not “pigeon-holed” into a specific type of case or client representation, and we are able to provide our clients with creative, results-oriented legal advice in a most cost-efficient manner.

Experience

Debtor and Trustee

Our debtor and trustee engagements, in both bankruptcy (chapter 11 and 7) and out of court restructurings (including receiverships), have covered a wide range of industries and specialties, including health care, coal, retail, construction, and real estate. Our experience and creativity enable us to deliver superior, tangible results in the form of confirmed plans, going-concern sales, out-of-court restructuring agreements, and loan modifications. Representative engagements of debtors and trustees have included:

Health Diagnostic Laboratory
A.G. Dillard, Inc.
Branches of Life LLC
Mohammad Al Atiyat
Dobson Homes, Inc.
Lowery’s Seafood Restaurant
Rice Timber Solutions, LLC
Sybil Elaine Baker
Service Dogs by Warren Retrievers, Inc.
InScope International, Inc.
D-Scan, Inc.
Robert E. Hicks
GreenTech
Victor M. Dandridge, III
Cardiac Connections Homes Health Care Nursing Services
Hellbender Brewing
Parham Construction Company
Tuskeena Wytheville Center
River City Renaissance
IBCS Mining
S. A. Medical of Virginia
Virginia United Methodist Homes of Williamsburg

Creditors Committees

The team has served as counsel to numerous committees of unsecured creditors in chapter 11 cases including:

Ann Taylor/Ascena Retail Group, Inc.
J. Crew/Chino's Holdings
Simbeck, Inc
Body Renew Winchester II, LLC
Dynamic Construction
Howard Delivery Service
Shenandoah Family Farms Cooperative
Roper Brothers Lumber Company
Rubatex International
Paper Source, Inc.
Alpha Medial Holdings, Inc.

Other Key Stakeholders

Our team represents a variety of other stakeholders and key constituents in bankruptcy, restructuring, and workout settings, including secured and trade creditors, lenders, shareholders, officers and directors, asset purchasers and sellers, landlords, equipment and other lessors, service and goods providers, real estate developers, general contractors and subcontractors, and general unsecured creditors. Our team has represented significant parties in the following chapter 11 cases:

Nordic Aviation Capital
Cineworld/Regal Cinemas
LTL Management LLC
Toys R Us
Pier 1
Intelsat
Gymboree
Penn Virginia Corporation
Mountain Crane
Outer Harbor Terminal
Alpha Natural Resources
Patriot Coal Corporation
Morris|Schneider|Wittstadt
Xinergy
James River Coal Company
Circuit City Stores
LandAmerica Financial Group
Bear Island Paper Company
Prospect Homes
S&K Famous Brands
Movie Gallery
Smurfit-Stone
Qimonda
Heilig-Meyers
Fas Mart Convenience Stores
Balfour Beatty Construction
HHHunt Homes, LLC
Southern States Cooperative, Inc.

Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Litigation

Our team routinely engages in a wide array of claims and disputes in state and federal trial courts nationwide, including preference actions, fraudulent transfer and other avoidance litigation, dischargeability complaints, plan objections, lien disputes, claims objections, subordination actions, cash collateral disputes, debtor-in-possession financing matters, enterprise valuations, section 363 asset sales, and secured creditor enforcement actions.