Attorneys

Mr. Friedman, a director of the Firm, practices in the Insolvency & Creditor Rights Section. He focuses on representing creditors, court-appointed committees and debtors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. He also has experience in the preparation of non-consolidation and collateral defeasance opinions required for complex loan transactions.

Bankruptcy; creditors' rights; exemption planning.

Elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation, the largest charitably-funded bar foundation in the country, May 2008.  Named in Texas Super Lawyers® and Texas Monthly magazines as one of the top bankruptcy & creditor/debtor attorneys in Texas selected by Law & Politics, 2009.

• Lead counsel for Chapter 7 Trustee in Steak & Ale/Bennigan's restaurants filing.
• Lead counsel for regional hospital in connection with its successful sale of its operation in Chapter 11 proceedings.
• Lead counsel for publicly traded nutritional supplement company in its successful Chapter11 restructuring.
• Lead counsel for creditors' committee in 14 assisted living/nursing home case.
• Lead counsel for Texas-based distressed loan servicer in several Chapter 11 proceedings throughout Texas.
• Lead counsel for creditors' committee in environmental reclamation industry.
• Lead counsel for specialty apparel manufacturer in out of court restructuring.
• Trial counsel for various liquidating trusts, analyzing and prosecuting several hundred preference claims.
• Counsel for creditors' committee of a national HLTV lender. Continued post-confirmation as lead counsel for liquidating trustee.
• Counsel for various landlord entities in national "big box" retail cases.
• Lead counsel on national or regional basis for companies in healthcare, telecommunications, and automotive aftermarket industries on creditors rights and bankruptcy matters.
• Numerous representations in connection with exemption planning, discharge issues, avoidance actions and other matters arising out of interaction of divorce and bankruptcy proceedings.

Dallas Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute.

State Bar of Texas, 1991; United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and the Western District of Oklahoma.

Speaker, "Family Law Isn't Just the Family Code:  Understanding How Other Codes Apply to Family Law Bankruptcy Code," Advanced Family Law Course, Family Law Section, State Bar of Texas, 2009.  "Bankruptcy Reform for the Family Law Lawyer: New Code, New Day," 31st Annual Advanced Family Law Course (2005); "Bankruptcy: A Federal Bull in a State Court China Shop," AAML/AICPA National Conference on Divorce (2004); "Bankruptcy: Why Do You Care?," State Bar of Texas 29th Annual Advanced Family Law Course (2003); "Dealing with Debt: Bankruptcy and Beyond," University of Texas School of Law Family Law on the Front Lines (2003); "When the Wolf Is at the Door: Pending Insolvency and Its Effect on Divorce," State Bar of Texas 27th Annual Advanced Family Law Course (2001); "Bankruptcy and Family Law," University of Texas School of Law Family Law on the Front Lines (2001); "Bankruptcy and Family Law," State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course (2000); "Sex, Lies and Liabilities: Bankruptcy and Family Law," State Bar of Texas, 23rd Annual Advanced Family Law Course (1998); "Show Me the Money: Bankruptcy and Family Law," College of Advanced Judicial Studies (1997); "Bankruptcy and Family Law: New Statutes and Old Dangers," Marriage Dissolution Institute (1996); author and speaker, "When Domestic Relations Matters Become an Issue in Bankruptcy," Legal Assistants Division Advanced Bankruptcy Seminar (1995); author, "Recent Changes to the Bankruptcy Code Impacting Family Law," 2 State Bar Section Report – Family Law (1994); "Debtor's Desperation for Cash vs. Bank's Demand for Collateral," 47 Con. Fin. Law Q. Rep. 156 (1993); "Administrative Freeze: Creditor's Overreaching or Prudent Banking," 24 UCC L.J. 228 (1992); co-author, "ERISA, Bankruptcy and Texas Exemptions," 15 Texas Banking Law Institute (1992); author, "Lender Exposure Under Section 547 and 550: Are Outsiders Really Insiders?," 44 Sw.L.J. 985 (1990).

Published Decisions:
Grigsby v. Carmel, 238 B.R. 758 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1999); Whipple v. Fulton, 236 B.R. 626 (Bankr. E.D. Tex. 1999).

Southern Methodist University, J.D. cum laude, 1991; Tulane University, B.S. cum laude, 1985.